Natural rubber markets are showing signs of recovery with prices rising

Global focus on… rubber

20 January 2017

Prices have stagnated to a six and half year low due to steady supply and weakening demand from China

Real or fake

Rubber falls into two broad types: natural or synthetic. Commercially, the most important synthetic rubbers are styrene butadiene (SBR), polyacrylics and polyvinyl acetate (PVA).

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