WRITING

Fastmarkets

Sep 2023 - Present

Scrap and battery recycling markets across Asia

carman.chew@fastmarkets.com

1/ Weekly, monthly price reports

Weekly ferrous reports: Vietnamese steel scrap import prices touch near 4-month low on weak downstream demand (Mar 8, 2024)
Monthly copper scrap/blister: China copper blister outlook bearish, scrap discounts to narrow amid supply concerns: 2024 preview (19 Jan, 2024)

2/ Market trends, conference coverage

Steel scrap to play key role in decarbonizing South Korean shipping sector: SSI, SFOC (Feb 28, 2024)
Singapore's KGS starts battery shredding, aims to produce recycled lithium salts by 2025 (Oct 26, 2023)

Reuters

Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

Covering commodities and energy markets in Asia

1/ Commodities

Rubber Report: Japanese futures snap 3-day downturn on China rate-cut boost (Jun 14, 2023)
Palm Report: Palm marks best day since Dec 2022 amid supply concerns, weaker ringgit (Apr 18, 2023)
Iron Ore Report: Iron ore price posts worst day in 9 months on slowing steel output, weak China data (Jul 10, 2023)
World's biggest lithium producers (Apr 22, 2023)

2/ Power & Energy

GASTECH-LNG suppliers pin hopes on China for long-term demand (Sep 7, 2023)
India steps up coal use to stop outages triggered by unusually dry weather (Sep 4, 2023)
Singapore's middle distillates stocks steady; imports rise (Aug 10, 2023)
Valeura Energy says oil output in Thailand up 16% in June vs Q1 2023 (Jun 13, 2023)
Bangladesh's worst electricity crisis in a decade (Jun 7, 2023)
Executives say Australia gas moves may hit long-term energy investment (May 17, 2023)
Major gas backfill projects in Australia (May 15, 2023)
India's power output grows at fastest pace in 33 years, fuelled by coal ( Apr 6, 2023)
Why has India's power demand surged? (Mar 9, 2023)

3 / Renewables

Shipowners, port operators ramp up methanol-fuelling projects (Aug 21, 2023)
Asia's sustainable aviation fuel projects and agreements (May 26, 2023)
Carbon capture and storage projects rise in Australia, Asia (May 17, 2023)
Hydrogen projects with foreign partnerships in Australia (May 15, 2023)
Offshore wind power targets and key projects in Asia (May 17, 2023)

Ignite Media

Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

Started with fellow batchmates in university; publication closed in 2022

1/ Arts Groups

2/ Social Impact Organisations

3/ Advocacy Groups

- Activism, the New Normal (Pt 2) - LGBTQIA+ Activism (Aug 10, 2020)
- Activism, the New Normal (Pt 1) - Migrant Worker Advocacy (Jul 20, 2020)

Medium

Jul 2016 - present

Anecdotes and personal musings on social, political and cultural issues

Other stints

Raffles Press

Feb 2017 - May 2018

Covered Arts events and did a series of feature articles on school staff

Crossborder Research

March 2018

Examined and reported on the strengths and limitations of India's fishing industry

BlueTrack Centre

Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

Conducted interviews and co-authored a paper on heritage practices in Singapore

"Carman was a responsible and conscientious worker throughout the duration of the research for the project. Carman impressed with her research ability which was extensive and thorough. She was able to flesh out areas that enhanced the quality of the research."

- Abigail Prior, Principal"

NM2220

Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

News writing module in NUS

Feature article:

R4MODA: New Fashion Interest Group Leading NUS College Makeover

Jul 2020 - Apr 2021

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