A RM20 million fund for automation and green technology has been allocated to encourage local rubber industry members to move towards automation and IR4.0, as well as renewable energy resources.

Australia’s relationship with its largest trading partner is in rapid decline. Over the course of this summer—or winter, to Canberra—Beijing has imposed 80% tariffs on Australian barley, launched anti-dumping investigations into Australian wine, blocked Aus

The Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC), an agency under the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC), has been rebranded as the Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) with immediate effect.

The Malaysian rubber market rebounded from Wednesday’s losses to close firmer yesterday after the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) forecast a decrease in natural rubber production for the rest of this year and into early 2021.

Oil rose more than 1% today, supported by US government data that showed crude and fuel inventories dropped last week, although concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic capped gains.

Crude oil prices dropped at Thursday’s trading session. This slide is attributed to recent poor E.U. economic data, and a lower-than-expected U.S. gasoline demand. Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 in emerged economies also weakened investors’ enthusiasm.

The Senior Officials in-charge of the rubber industry from Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (TIM) met at the 34th ITRC Meeting on 22 - 23 September 2020. The meeting deliberated in details on the current global natural rubber (NR) market situation as well as

China has been buying a lot of U.S. crude oil lately, perhaps in a belated attempt to fulfill some of the energy import quotas agreed with Washington last year or perhaps in a bid to take advantage of supercheap U.S. crude. But the buying spree is about to e

Bank shares hammered on heels of report alleging several of them continue to profit from illicit activities.

Tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Countries are also turning to blacklists to restrict the economic activities of certain foreign companies. While such measures are often described as necessary to preserve national security, they’re increasingly