Asia’s acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) market was stable this week, following recent tumbles, as buyers emerged from the sidelines to pick up some cargoes. SEE MORE Growth in the ASEAN-5 group of economies is expected to stabilise at around 5.3 percent this year as domestic demand remains healthy and exports continue to recover, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) recently announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). SEE MORE Chinese cobalt prices have stabilized recently, against a persistent downswing in international cobalt prices that made market participants believe the blue metal and its downstream salts’ prices have bottomed out in China, creating mixed views in the market. SEE MORE Indian aluminium makers need to widen their export markets beyond the US in the light of the trade barriers levied by the Donald Trump administration. US still accounts for a sizeable 11 per cent share of aluminium exported by India and domestic makers can explore alternate destinations to avoid the 10 per cent duty on the white metal, analysts suggested. SEE MORE