India’s Union Minister of State for Tourism K.J. Alphons has announced that the Central government will soon come out with a new Rubber Policy which will ensure remunerative prices for natural rubber. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of…
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South and East Asia rubber news
Showa Holdings completes MOU regarding business tie-up for rubber lining in Vietnam
In November 2017, Showa Brain Navi Vietnam Co., Ltd, the subsidiary of Showa Holdings engaging in rubber and entertainment contents business completed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on collaboration in the provision of rubber lining business in Vietnam with PetroVietnam…
Arlanxeo launches Keltan KSA – EPDM rubbers produced in Saudi Arabia
Arlanxeo, a leading synthetic elastomers company has signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco Products Trading company, headquartered in Dhahran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pertaining to the marketing and sales of EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) rubber. By entering into…
Chinese company Guangdong Guangken Rubber Group taps into the natural rubber market in Southeast Asia
27-year old Ramli Amin is a rubber tapper working in the eastern Malaysian Borneo state of Sabah. He wakes up at 3.30 a.m. and rides a motorbike to his lot several km away from the dormitory, just on time for…
Thailand struggles for rubber price rebound
Rubber prices are expected to rise to 60 baht a kilogramme in the first quarter. This comes after Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia pledged to withhold exports of 350,000 tonnes of natural rubber (NR) from this month until March. The pledge…
Despite volatile prices, Cambodian rubber exports rise by 37 %
Shipments of Cambodian rubber abroad increased by nearly 36 % in 2017, amounting to 190,000 tonnes, a senior official at the general directorate of rubber announced recently. Pol Sopha, the director-general of the general directorate of rubber at the Ministry…
2017 year in review: sad news for the Indian rubber market
The year 2017 saw several disappointments. Industry troubles such as price crash and production loss due to climate change continued to haunt the 10-lakh odd growers especially in the small and medium segment. Prices hovered at 120-130/kg for the RSS-4…
Thailand to export 240,000 rubber pillows to China annually
Thailand is expected to export 240, 000 of its rubber pillows to China annually. Thailand’s rubber pillows are made by rubber planters under the Network of Rubber Planters Institutes of Thailand, said Suphat Eawchai, the official attached to the Ministry…
Vietnam prosecutes former state rubber firm chairman amid corruption crackdown
A former chairman of state-run Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) and four other officials from its units have been issued with prosecution and probation orders for alleged violations of state rules, Vietnamese police said. Communist Vietnam is in the middle of…
Rubber prices in Thailand slip, ex-Democrat Party leader Chuan Leekpai petitions PM
Former prime minister and ex-Democrat Party leader Chuan Leekpai has appealed to premier Prayut Chan-o-cha to address falling household income in the South. The petition was lodged to Gen Prayut via his deputy Wissanu Krea-ngam. Based on Chuan’s petition, the…