Yara International ASA (YAR), the largest publicly traded
nitrogen-fertilizer seller, said it plans to build a $2.5 billion plant
in west or east Africa once gas projects come on-stream toward the end
of the decade. SEE MORE Gold and silver futures tumbled to the lowest since June as U.S.
manufacturing in August expanded at the fastest pace in three years,
bolstering prospects for the economy and damping demand for the metal. SEE MORE Top Thai energy firm PTT Pcl said it would make a proposal to the
Vietnamese government to build a $20 billion refinery and petrochemical
complex, revised down from an earlier project discussed two years ago SEE MORE Rex American Resources Corp. has released financial results for the
second quarter, with the company’s CEO and Chairman Stuart Rose
reporting the period was Rex American’s best quarter in terms of
earnings per share. SEE MORE Vietnam’s annual inflation, as measured by the consumer price index
(CPI), eased to 4.73% in August from the 4.94% rate in July, the General
Statistics Office (GSO) has reported. SEE MORE