The Business Times

Energy & Commodities

Opinion & Features

Reordering Asia’s energy security 

Growing Jurong Island as a base for the energy and chemicals sector remains a key priority for Singapore, notes Senior Minister of State Low Yen Ling.
Companies & Markets

Singapore to help firms navigate turbulent energy market as Opec+ move adds to market challenges: Low Yen Ling 

FILE PHOTO: An employee displays silver bars at the GSA Austria ( Money Service Austria ) company's headquarters in Vienna July 22, 2013. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Global Enterprise
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Is the silver squeeze about to get worse?

This aerial picture taken on May 29, 2025 shows a general view of palm oil plantations in Nagan Raya, west coast of Aceh province. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Companies & Markets

Jakarta’s land crackdown brings ‘short-term pain’ but long-term clarity: Golden Agri-Resources

The reclamation of Jurong Island in the 2000s created an integrated energy and chemicals cluster that now houses over 100 companies powering regional energy trade.
Opinion & Features
BRUNCH

From rubber roots to risk management: Singapore’s 60-year mastery of global trades

Not all forms or uses of AI are equally important, even as the infrastructure required for such technology exacts a heavy environmental toll.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

Trivial AI use can have devastating climate consequences

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and Iran is seen behind a 3D printed oil pipeline in this illustration taken June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

It’s not just barrels that oil markets are watching – it’s odds

A gas flare at Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Global Enterprise
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Oil surge puts Singapore on alert as Strait of Hormuz risk grows

Spot gold prices surged to a record high of US$3,034.74 per ounce on Mar 19.
Companies & Markets
COMMODITY INSIGHT

Gold smashes records but price easing expected in near term: market watchers

Especially in a volatile trading environment with growing trade tensions and commodity demand, Singapore is playing a more important role in facilitating global trades.
Companies & Markets

Singapore evolves to meet commodity sector’s changing needs amid trade tensions: EnterpriseSG’s Cindy Khoo

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