Chinese investors eyed to join Zambo rubber plantation project.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippine Rubber Industry Association (PRIA) is eyeing Chinese investors for the development of 4,500 hectares of rubber plantation in Zamboanga which should raise the Philippinesa rubber output in light of rubberas high price of $1,600 per metric ton (MT) in the market....

Whose Place Is This? Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in Yala.
Whose Place Is This? Malay Rubber Producers and Thai Government Officials in Yala. By Andrew Cornish. Studies in Contemporary Thailand no. 5. Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 1977. 132 pp. The appearance of this book is on two accounts a very pleasing development. First, Whose Place Is This?...

How Britain impeded the first 'Back to Africa movement': while today's migratory patterns reveal an outward flow of people from Africa seeking better lives for themselves in Europe, there was a time when people living in Europe desperately sought asylum in Africa. Carina Ray continues her Tales from the Archives.
The "Back to Africa" movement is virtually synonymous with Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), the Jamaican-born activist and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Outraged by the oppression of people of African descent in every corner of the globe he travelled to, Garvey envisioned UNIA as an instrument to...

Rubber traders hold on to stock on hopes of price rise.
Byline: Nidhi Sharma MUMBAI: There are mounting concerns about the availability of natural rubber in the local markets as warehouse stocks are reducing, while growers and dealers are not bringing their stocks to markets expecting a further rise in price. Rubber price has significantly gone up in...

Alcan sells Martinswerk.
Alcan Inc has sold its alumina specialities subsidiary Alusuisse Martinswerk GmbH, Germany, to Albemarle Corp, Virginia, USA. The sale is part of the divestment requirements imposed by the European Commission as a condition to its approval of the merger between Alcan and Alusuisse Group Ltd in October...

GEO TO ACQUIRE HERCULES PEROXY CHEMICALS.
PR Newswire, London, April 3. This press release is transmitted on behalf of GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Cleveland - GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. announced today that it has signed definitive agreements with Hercules Incorporated to buy Hercules' peroxy chemicals business. The parties anticipate closing the...

Rubber sags, but set to bounce back on low output fears.
Byline: Nidhi Sharma MUMBAI: Arrival of fresh stock and weakness in the international market have brought down rubber prices. Though the short-term sentiment looks bearish, prices are expected to move up in the long term in view of low production this year. The price of...

Rubber export target raised.
Byline: Ratna Ganguli KOLKAT: Persistent uptrend in prices of natural rubber in the international market has prompted Rubber Board to set a higher target for natural rubber export from India in '06 Till the first half of the current year, the target for natural rubber...

Natural rubber scales new high on falling inventories.
Byline: Nidhi Sharma MUMBAI: Natural rubber prices hit an all-time high of Rs 126 per kg in the local market, supported by strong movement in the global markets and low stocks. Globally rubber prices are following crude oil prices that crossed the $135 per barrel-mark on Thursday....

Rains send rubber up north, rising crude supports trend.
Byline: Nidhi Sharma MUMBAI: Rubber prices are heading northwards with rains affecting tapping in India and Thailand restricting supplies from these regions. Rise in crude oil prices is also providing support to natural rubber prices. Rubber spot price at Kottayam, since last week, has moved...