Weaker monsoon prediction, Iran war cloud growth outlookIndia's rural economy is faced with potential challenges. A weaker monsoon and rising farm costs from the Iran war could impact growth this...
Nearly 30,000 Railway jobs to be surrendered, redistributed: Which zones will be most impacted?Railway Board writes that the zone-wise annual MoU targets for manpower rationalisation (redistribution+surrender) Key Performance Indicato...
India facing acute shortage of natural rubber, prices soarIndia experienced an alarming shortfall in natural rubber for 2023-24, with domestic production unable to meet the growing demand. Rising i...
Tyre industry body ATMA urges government to allow duty-free import of natural rubber"With the production of 7,90,000 tonnes as projected (in normal scenario) by Rubber Board, NR imports to the tune of at least 5 lakh tonnes...
Natural rubber prices may rally after 2022Natural rubber prices have been moving in the lower range in the past few years in India.
NR import to touch a record 5.3-5.5 lakh tonnes in FY2019, says ICRAWith demand exceeding supply, domestic NR prices have increased by over 10% during the period Apr-Aug 2018, including an increase of over 5...
ANRPC scales down world natural rubber supply in 2017ANRPC has stated that the world supply of NR is expected to be 12.756 million tonnes in 2017, slightly lower than 12.771 million tonnes ant...
NR imports declined due to improved domestic availability: ATMARecently Rubber Board had released fresh data for the financial year 2016-17 that showed NR imports declining by 7% as production moved up ...
Export curbs may raise rubber rateThe international rubber consortium said it was considering reduction of export volumes.
Natural Rubber production in the country set to exceed targetThe increase in production and the rise in the international NR prices have impacted the imports, which have fallen 7% to 400,812 tonnes fo...
Rubber holds steady as global prices crashInternational NR prices which were over Rs 40 per kg higher than Indian prices on February 1, have crashed in the last few weeks.
Indian natural rubber exports to touch 5000 tonnes in 2016-17Owing to unattractive relative prices, India’s exports have been negligible since 2013-14. In 2015-16, the total NR exports from the countr...
Natural Rubber supply will be short of demand from 2020, says ANRPC secretary generalResearch in rubber plantation sector should focus on the impact of climate change on rubber cultivation and strategies to combat the possib...
Natural rubber prospects dim for next three months, says ANRPCANRPC has based the latest report on the monthly production in major rubber producing countries in the first five months ended May 2016.
Rubber MSMEs voice concern on supply crunch, volatility in priceAll India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) has stated that domestic natural rubber (NR) production has hit multi-year low causing a su...
Rubber and tyre industry says imports have been less than production-consumption gap this yearQuoting Rubber Board data, the industry has stated that against NR production-consumption gap of 2.55 lakh tonnes in the April-Oct period.
Falling crude oil prices to bring down prices of synthetic rubberAfter the slump in natural rubber (NR) prices, it seems to be the turn of synthetic rubber (SR), with crude oil prices hovering around $50 ...