Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) achieved a pre-tax profit growth of up to 51 per cent, reaching over VNĐ2.36 trillion (US$103.8 million) in 2016. SEE MORE Base metals prices are firmer by an average 0.3% this morning, January 11, with three-month copper prices leading with a 0.6% gain to $5,778 per tonne, aluminium prices are up 0.5%, zinc prices are up 0.4 percent, nickel prices are up 0.2%, while the rest are little changed. Volume has been slightly below average with 4,120 lots traded as of 06:22 GMT. SEE MORE The US Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast for ethanol production as well as blending into the US gasoline pool in 2017, the EIA said Tuesday. SEE MORE The US will burn and produce more coal this year than in 2016, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday. SEE MORE The dollar strengthened for a second day against the yen, spending most of the Asian day above 117, after U.S. jobs and wage data for December bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. SEE MORE