Commodities Market

China sets first-half rare earth export quota for next year

29 Dec 2012

China on Friday announced its export quota for rare earth resources for the first half of next year amid declining prices and weak demand in the global market.

You've got the power

23 Jul 2012

The world was a better place before the global financial crisis, but it was not perfect. People may now gloss over the fact that, before the crisis, Asia was in the grips of an inflation scare....

Who's reaping the windfall?

23 Jul 2012

The impact of falling oil prices reaches many firms. Investors might wonder which listed firms might be profiting most. The following are the sectors and the firms to watch:

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Another fuel price cut gives refiners hope

11 Jul 2012

The central government has cut fuel prices for the third time in as many months to reflect lower crude costs, while analysts expect a long-awaited pricing reform to be rolled out later this year...

Briefs

17 Jun 2012

Octogenarian opera celebration

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Fuel rate cut eases pressure on large mainland refiners

Beijing cut retail fuel prices by less than expected, easing pressure on the two big state-backed refiners, which can use higher profit margins created by recent rapid declines in crude oil...

Queries raised over bid for LME

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing wants to buy the London Metal Exchange in order to diversify its business, but analysts question how the acquisition will really help the city develop its own...

Shanghai exchange set for oil futures

The Shanghai Futures Exchange plans to launch China's first crude-oil futures contracts this year, inviting foreign investors to participate in Beijing's latest attempt to burnish its global...

Police probe sophisticated wine-scam syndicate

Police believe hundreds of investors have fallen victim to a cross-border scam after being promised huge returns for investing in red wine that never existed.

Higher fuel prices, jams slow mainland car sales

Mainland car sales dropped 3.4 per cent from a year earlier to 4.8 million units in the first quarter as buyers were deterred by higher fuel prices and traffic jams in some big cities.

'Brother Fuel Price' speaks for consumers

The latest increase in the mainland's heavily regulated petrol prices has thrust a Zhejiang university student into the national spotlight.