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Tesla, VW at risk of ties to Uyghur forced labour in China
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/02/2024
» NEW YORK - Five of the world's major carmakers are not sufficiently mapping their supply chains to stamp out links to forced labour programs in China's Xinjiang region, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Indonesia raises export taxes on key minerals
Published on 18/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Indonesia’s export tax rates for copper, iron, zinc and lead concentrates are being increased as the government tries to push miners to process metals at home rather than export raw minerals.
VAT reverse charge scheme in the pipeline
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/07/2023
» The Revenue Department is planning to launch a value-added tax (VAT) reverse charge scheme in the scrap metal industry to reduce the risk of refund fraud by January 2024, says director-general Lavaron Sangsnit.
Nuclear power and net zero
Business, Ranjana Wangvipula, Yuthana Praiwan and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 03/07/2023
» Clean energy campaigns are not only promoting solar, wind and biomass power in Thailand, but also prompting conversations about nuclear energy.
FDI to fuel a China-Asean shared future
Business, Giorgio Gamba and Mark Wang, Published on 13/06/2023
» In 2013, President Xi Jinping announced an initiative for China to work with Asean countries for a 21st century Maritime Silk Road to build a closer China-Asean community with a shared future.
Indonesia on value-adding crusade
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/02/2023
» The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country. Now Southeast Asia’s biggest economy plans to use that blueprint to vault nto the ranks of higher-income economies by processing everything from copper to fish.
Indonesia weighs impact of tin export ban
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has yet to decide the timing of a possible ban on tin exports and is still making calculations about its impact, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday, as the country pushes to step up domestic processing.
Why has a Chinese city's lockdown sent aluminium prices surging?
AFP, Published on 09/02/2022
» BEIJING - The Covid lockdown this week of a relatively unknown Chinese city sent global prices of aluminium rocketing to a 14-year high.
Lockdowns in SE Asia Deepen Commodity Supply-Chain Pain
Business, Jon Emont, Published on 20/09/2021
» The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Southeast Asia has throttled ports and locked down plantations and processors, sparking extended disruptions of raw materials such as palm oil, coffee and tin.