Nuclear plant construction is underway in emerging economies such as Bangladesh.
Energy

Nuclear power stocks hit highs on anticipated surge in demand

COP28 pledge and Japan reactor restarts signal return to energy source

19 December 2023
Visitors at a Kopi Titik Koma cafe in Jakarta. Indonesia is forecast to be the world's fourth-biggest coffee producer in 2023-2024. (Photo by Devin Jimie)
Food & Beverage

Indonesian coffee shops tempt customers with mix of local, foreign beans

Abundant varieties spark experimentation as domestic output falls

17 December 2023
The average price of calves auctioned off in Hokkaido was just over 50,000 yen ($353) in October, a 60% drop from five years earlier.
Supply Chain

Infographics: How shaky is Japan's food supply chain?

Geopolitical risks, climate change, viral outbreaks conspire against food security

17 December 2023
Freeport Indonesia's newly expanded copper smelter in Gresik, East Java province, on Dec. 14. (Screenshot from the Indonesian Presidential Secretariat's YouTube channel)
Commodities

Freeport Indonesia launches newly expanded copper smelter

Jakarta to increase stake by 10% in miner in exchange for permit extension

14 December 2023
Increased demand in China is helping to buoy international gold prices.
Commodities

Chinese pay premium prices for gold as economic outlook dims

Weak yuan also driving up demand for precious metal

13 December 2023
A cafe in Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam's distinctive coffee filters and "ca phe sua da" have become a cultural export. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
Food & Beverage

Latest buzz: India and Vietnam to lead Asia's growth in coffee consumption

Region's move beyond tea linked to urbanization and more disposable income

10 December 2023
People look at a model of a carbon capture, utilization and storage site at the first Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo in June 2023.
Climate Change

Asia gas group calls for cross-border carbon transport framework

Decarbonization projects growing, but lack of regulations is impeding operations

7 December 2023
A production line using the pyrometallurgical process at Tsingshan Park in Indonesia.
Caixin

Chinese nickel miners in Indonesia face threat from falling prices

A decade-long rush by China-based metal producers may end

5 December 2023
Investor Jim Rogers: "Everybody is going to have problems in the next year or two." (Photo by Rurika Imahashi)
Interview

Jim Rogers warns that global 'good times' are nearing the end

Investor cites looming U.S. recession, China property woes as causes for gloom

1 December 2023
A rendering of Louis Dreyfus Company's refinery complex in Indonesia's Lampung province, showing existing facilities and the planned glycerin plant. (Image courtesy of Louis Dreyfus Company)
Commodities

Louis Dreyfus to address glycerin demand with new Indonesia refinery

Sumatra plant will help global agricultural trader move up value chain

25 November 2023
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo speaks during a ceremony to launch a new liquefied natural gas production unit at British oil major BP's facility in eastern Indonesia on Nov. 24. (Photo by Ismi Damayanti)
Energy

Jokowi inaugurates $4.83bn BP LNG project in eastern Indonesia

Country seeks energy diversity amid efforts to reduce coal reliance, cut emissions

24 November 2023
A machine engraves a palladium ingot at a plant in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk. Russia produces 40% of the world's palladium. 
Commodities

Palladium, nickel prices fall as supply chains cut Russia exposure

Manufacturers turn to alternative materials and sources

23 November 2023
Indonesian officials speak on Nov. 21 in Jakarta at the announcement of renewable energy targets and investment plans, part of a climate financing pledge by the G7 last year. (Photo by Erwida Maulia)
Climate Change

Indonesia finalizes renewables target with G7 climate finance plan

Critics fault exclusion of 'captive' coal in $20bn energy transition program

21 November 2023
Fortescue Metals Group is working to reduce its dependence on its mainstay iron ore operations.
Energy

Australia's Fortescue to build U.S. plant for hydrogen, EV tech

Miner advances diversification into clean energy supply chain

18 November 2023
Crude oil inventories in Cushing, Oklahoma, where many pipelines and refineries are located, have hit the highest level in two months.
Commodities

Oil prices plunge 20% from year's peak on weaker U.S., China demand

Oversupply likely to persist even if Saudi Arabia continues production cuts

18 November 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts Indonesian President Joko Widodo for talks at the White House in Washington on Nov. 13.
Indo-Pacific

U.S. and Indonesia upgrade ties with eye on critical minerals pact

Biden and Widodo seal 'comprehensive strategic partnership' but Congress wary of FTA

14 November 2023
Excessive sand mining plagues areas like Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where homes have crumbled into the river. (Photo by Linh Pham)
Environment

Vietnam ramps up scrutiny of threats from sand mining

Officials look for 'unusual' activity as erosion puts homes at risk

13 November 2023
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has led efforts to ban exports of nickel ore and other minerals to boost their value and foster domestic industries. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
Comment

Indonesia's growing resource nationalism stirs Global South

Jokowi's export bans seen as a wake-up call to leading industrial powers

13 November 2023
Gold and other metals are extracted from electronic waste via so-called urban mining. (Photo courtesy of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo)
Commodities

Japan's urban mining boom picks up as gold prices rise

Businesses and government eye growing opportunities to turn e-waste into treasure

12 November 2023
The Chinese economy is "actually quite resilient" despite some challenges in the property sector, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm told Nikkei Asia. (Photo by Kosuke Imamura) 
Global Management Dialogue 2023

Rio Tinto CEO says China still promising mineral market as EVs boom

Mining giant sees 'quite resilient' economy, good iron and copper demand

9 November 2023
A rare earths mine in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.   
Supply Chain

China tightens rare-earth export curbs amid tension with U.S.

Traders required to provide information on types, shipment destinations

7 November 2023
Thai officials have floated a new approach to long-stalled negotiations over the overlapping claims area (OCA) in the Gulf of Thailand. (Source images by AP)
Energy

Rising energy prices rekindle Thai, Cambodian interest in disputed waters

New governments could find a way to tap long-dormant oil and gas reserves

7 November 2023
The rush to harness the wind that blows around the South China Sea could increase the geopolitical tensions that already swirl over the strategic body of water.
South China Sea

South China Sea brims with rare earth and renewable power promise

Chinese companies are early movers with wind turbines in disputed waterway

3 November 2023
A Cambodian girl collects rubber sap at a farm in Tbong Khmum province. 
Business Spotlight

From Cambodia to Thailand, rubber producers brace for new EU rules

Deforestation regulation's requirement to prove sources called tough and costly

3 November 2023
A dump truck loads raw nickel ore at a nickel mining site of Vale in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of nickel.
Supply Chain

U.S. senators oppose Indonesia FTA that paves way for nickel subsidies

Southeast Asian country's mining industry is dominated by China, lawmakers say

2 November 2023