Asia’s petrochemical trades have slowed down as China – a key market in the region – will go on a week-long holiday in October. SEE MORE Tokyo — The US has become the second-largest exporter of scrap aluminum to Thailand in recent months as it searches for alternative buyers outside of China, market sources said Friday. SEE MORE Ethanol provides a win-win for domestic stakeholders in Vietnam and the U.S. ethanol industry, as recently discussed during the first U.S. Grains Council biofuels conference conducted in the country. SEE MORE Oil prices could rise towards US$100 per barrel towards the end of the year or by early 2019 as sanctions against Iran bite, commodity merchants Trafigura and Mercuria said on Monday at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) in Singapore. SEE MORE Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the U.S.-China trade war inflicts damage on the region’s export-reliant economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday. SEE MORE