Chemical manufacturers consume a massive amount of energy each year separating and refining feedstocks to make a wide variety of products including gasoline, plastics and food. SEE MORE The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has reported a foreign currency reserve amount of 68 billion USD in the first half of 2019, the highest level so far. SEE MORE Australia’s Lynas Corp is confident its license to run an $800 million rare earths processing plant in Malaysia will be renewed by authorities before a Sept. 2 deadline expires, a top company official said. SEE MORE The Vietnamese dong (VND) will weaken only slightly during the remaining months of 2019, with the 2019 average predicted to slide to VND23,300/USD, from the previous forecast of VND23,440/USD, in light of the currency’s stability over the year’s first half. SEE MORE The 2019 average inflation set to jump by 3.17 - 3.41 per cent would yield a number of positive effects on the country’s macro-economic stability, experts have said. SEE MORE