Rubber! It starts out as a goopy material harvested from special trees, and is then processed into a resilient, flexible material used for innumerable important purposes. In the vast majority of ...

A nurseryman examines budded rubber tree stocks at the Standard Integrated Farm in Ramon, Isabela, in this BusinessMirror file photo. Head Sports Philippines Inc., a provider of equipment and apparel ...

0ver the past decade the rubber industry has faced an ever increasing demand for improved product performance, in terms of function, the severity of the service environment, and the service life. This ...

LONDON—Progress continues on a new multimillion-dollar latex and natural rubber processing facility for Corrie MacColl Ltd. in Cameroon that's slated to be operational later this year. The ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A comprehensive and systematic approach to reorganise smallholder rubber farmers into a federation, coupled with replanting of higher-yielding rubber tree varieties, will be critical for ...

Over 4 million hectares of tree cover – an area equivalent to the size of Switzerland – may have been cleared to make space for rubber plantations since the 1990s. Out of all the rubber planted, 1 ...