The Ministry of Planning and Investment has warned about severe environmental risks and has urged the government to immediately scrap the Thach Khe Iron Mine Project in Ha Tinh Province. SEE MORE The U.S. dollar hit a 2-1/2-year low against the euro on Monday on month-end portfolio adjustments and expectations for a more hawkish European Central Bank, and touched a more than six-week low against the yen on concerns over low U.S. inflation. SEE MORE Oil fell after briefly rising above the key $50-a-barrel level in New York. SEE MORE Faced with falling prices and rising imports, Indian rubber farmers and traders are blaming the federal government for their troubles. SEE MORE INEOS Phenol is planning to build a “world-scale” cumene plant in Germany with a potential start-up date of 2020, the European chemical major said on Friday. SEE MORE