Energy & Commodities

BRANDED CONTENT

Gold’s price correction: What investors need to know

Despite the recent retreat, the precious metal’s case as a portfolio anchor remains intact, according to Moomoo Singapore’s chief market strategist

The projects in the deal will generate enough solar power to reduce 169,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.

New Aster unit inks Sembcorp Solar deal for power worth 17,000 cars’ emissions

Aster Power will focus on advancing power and steam generation, as well as renewable power solutions across Aster’s assets

For a major LNG hub like Singapore, the current disruption in the world order raises critical questions about the future reliability and cost of securing “non-aligned” energy cargoes.

Reordering Asia’s energy security 

Navigating supply risks in an era of weaponised trade

OCBC forecasts silver prices to reach US$39.70 per ounce by end-2025 and US$42 per ounce by mid-2026, reinforcing a bullish outlook.
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

Is the silver squeeze about to get worse?

Tight supply, rising industrial demand and surging borrowing costs are keeping the metal’s prices near multi-year highs

Given active engagement with the regulators, Golden Agri-Resources says it is not in a position to give any indication on material impact at the moment.

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

The palm oil giant expects to give an update by end-2025, based on when Indonesia expects to complete its land-use review

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.
BRUNCH

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

Today, the Republic acts as a central node for price discovery in key commodities, housing almost 400 international players

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

Trivial AI use can have devastating climate consequences

The unthinking use of resource-guzzling generative AI is bad not just for brains, but the planet

Teheran has the capability to cause chaos, but also every reason to show restraint.
THINKING ALOUD

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

A prolonged oil rally is bad news for rate-cut expectations, especially in Asia where policymakers were hoping for some breathing room

Market fundamentals should restrain the oil spikes from spilling over to gas markets.
COMMODITY INSIGHTS

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

Analysts warn of worst-case scenario that could send prices past the US$100 per barrel mark and hurt the city-state’s and global growth, though for now, fundamentals point to weaker oil