Commodities

Indonesia launches pilot commodity export monitoring platform

2026-10-02T11:06:24.000Z
Pandora’s Vietnam factory is located in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park III north of Ho Chi Minh City.

Pandora opens US$150 million Vietnam plant as Singapore hub drives Asia growth

2026-10-02T02:39:35.000Z
Resource-rich Indonesia has benefited from rising prices of some of its top commodity exports in 2026.

Indonesia posts biggest trade surplus in nearly a year at US$3.55 billion in August

2026-10-01T05:16:23.000Z
The climate phenomenon associated with warming across the equatorial Pacific Ocean is already upending weather patterns across the globe.

T Rowe seeks to ring-fence US$165 billion emerging-market portfolio from El Nino fallout

2026-09-27T12:00:38.000Z
Mizuho is suing Radiant World over US$97.3 million in receivables purportedly arising from iron ore sales to Glencore International.

Singapore court places iron ore trader Radiant World under judicial management by KPMG

2026-09-24T11:44:15.000Z
An electric vehicle flash charger. As the world shifts from fossil fuels to electrification, the structure of global commodity demand is undergoing fundamental change.
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Era of race for resources calls for diversification and assets governments can’t print

2026-09-22T09:20:52.000Z
Between May 2024 and July 2026, around two-thirds of the estimated 640 tankers loaded at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Vancouver arrived in Asia.

Canada is upping oil flows to Asia, but South-east Asia’s refineries aren’t ready to handle them yet

2026-09-17T01:29:12.000Z
A failure of peace talks to produce a lasting de-escalation of the Iran conflict could renew demand for gold as a safe haven asset.

Gold displays volatile movements

2026-09-13T23:00:00.000Z
Digital tools have made it easier to spot duplicate financing, but detecting fake invoices remains “notoriously difficult”.

Commodity-finance risks back in focus amid Radiant World scrutiny

2026-09-09T23:00:00.000Z
Iron ore trader Radiant World has come under scrutiny due to concerns that invoices provided to its banks may not have been valid.

Jefferies-run fund has nearly US$500 million exposure to iron ore trader Radiant World: FT

2026-09-06T04:58:31.000Z