Beijing's surprising release on Tuesday of a fourth batch of oil product export quotas for the year, totaling 2 million mt, is expected to weaken the Asian gasoline and gasoil markets. SEE MORE The global platinum market will be oversupplied by around half a million ounces both this year and next, an industry report said on Wednesday, suggesting little respite for producers facing prices languishing near 10-year lows. SEE MORE Japan's largest aluminum roller, UACJ, is betting heavily on the Southeast Asian market to offset limited growth prospects at home. Central to the plan is a struggling Thai unit that President Miyuki Ishihara believes will soon turn a profit, despite a flood of Chinese products unleashed by the trade war with the U.S. SEE MORE Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) has announced that it will promote initiatives to boost trade exchanges between Malaysia and Vietnam through a number of cooperation programs in the field of chemicals. SEE MORE Just a couple of months ago, major oil trading houses were predicting the return of $100 crude. Now, with oil prices at half that level, here’s a look at what the slump means for the world economy. SEE MORE