March 2021

Mining companies adopted a more conservative approach after the 2015-16 market downturn to adjust to more volatile commodity prices, focusing on cost cutting, productivity and expanding liquidity says a new report by Moody’s Investor Service, a ratings agency.

As decarbonisation targets drive emissions regulations, green hydrogen has significant potential to play an important role in decarbonising the mining sector in the coming years, market analyst Fitch Solutions says in its latest industry report.

A year ago, Tesla surprised the electric car industry when it announced some Model 3s made in its Shanghai factory will be equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries made by China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL).

Solarvest Holdings Bhd, Samaiden Group Bhd and Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon) are the preferred engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contractors to build the Large Scale Solar 4 (LSS4) plants, Affin Hwang Capital said today.

The Jakarta Post

The government is expecting to achieve 6.3 percent annual growth in Indonesia’s non-oil and gas exports this year as trading partners have started rolling out coronavirus vaccines to re-emerge from the pandemic-induced economic downturn.

Manufacture of products derived from petrochemicals has risen alongside broader economic growth.

The palm oil industry is one of the contributors to the country’s revenue. Each year, the estimated revenue generated by the palm oil industry is either directly or indirectly between RM20 to RM30 billion.

New Straits Times

India-based Eastman Auto Group (EAG) sees Malaysia as a growing market for its Addo Platinum batteries for the automotive segment.

PETRONAS through its subsidiary, PC North Madura II Ltd., has made an oil discovery at the Hidayah-1 exploration well, located within the North Madura II Production Sharing Contract (PSC), offshore East Java, Indonesia. PC North Madura II Ltd. is the operator with 100 per cent participating interest in the North Madura II PSC.

Ethanol Producer Magazine

Using MAP funds, the USGC sponsored a joint Vietnamese ministry and U.S. industry ethanol conference in Ho Chi Minh City in the fall of 2018. That investment is now starting to pay off in sales as the Vietnamese fuel industry expands.

Manila Bulletin

Premier contractor firm D.M. Consunji, Inc. (DMCI) has started construction of the P10.5 billion Caloocan-Malabon-Navotas (CAMANA) Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) project of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad).