• Rubber exporters worried

    08:31 AM @ 29/11/2010
    Thailand's rubber exporters are concerned Chinese policies to control inflation
    will impose import quotas. China is among the world's largest natural rubber importers and is Thailand's biggest buyer, purchasing 1.16 million tonnes from the kingdom of the 2.46 million total it imported in 2009.
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  • Tyre makers hit by surging rubber prices

      01/01/1900
    Results for the September quarter were a non-event for tyre companies. While these companies were putting together the financials
    for the period, natural rubber price in the country (RSS-4 grade) shot up sharply beyond the quarter’s average price of around Rs.165 a kg. By mid-October, it jumped toRs.190 per kg and climbed further to the present level of around Rs.202 per kg. This is around 22% higher than last quarter’s average price. The fact that rubber costs account for almost half of the total cost of producing a tyre means that profit margins of these firms will be squeezed.  
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  • Coal price to increase for top four consumers

      01/01/1900
    HA NOI - The Viet Nam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has submitted a proposal to the Government to increase coal prices for the country's four largest coal consumers as of early next year.  
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  • China looks to WTO probe into U.S. tyre duties

      23/11/2010
    BEIJING, Dec 22 - China has sought a WTO probe into US. duties on Chinese-made tyres but was stymied for now by U.S. objections, state media said, the latest in a series of disputes between the two economic giants to reach the global trade umpire.  
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  • South Korea Aims to Start Up Two Carbon Capture, Storage Plants by 2020

      01/01/1900
    South Korea, Asia’s fourth-biggest polluter, aims to begin commercial operations at two carbon capture and storage plants by the end of the next decade to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  
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