Natural rubber (NR) is considered to be an important industrial crop and is contained predominantly in the milky sap or latex of a tree known as Hevea brasiliensis, as well as a small amount of ...

To make tire production more sustainable, Bridgestone is turning to a desert shrub called guayule as a source of natural rubber. Native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, guayule ...

If you’ve read this column for any length of time, then you know I am obsessed with the fact that tires are agricultural products. Natural rubber is a key component in every tire, some more important ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. David Woodburn, CEO of St. Louis-based agtech startup ...

SHANGHAI, May 26 (Reuters) - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) expects global natural rubber consumption to increase by 7% in 2021, after declining 8.1% in 2020 because of the pandemic, ...

When most people think of forest products, they think of wood — lumber and building products — or pulp-based materials such as paper and cardboard. While it is true that these make up the bulk of ...

Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production decreased by 29.6 per cent in November 2025 to 20,891 tonnes against October's ...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been leveraged to study the surface defects of natural rubber vulcanizates so that their structural−mechanical properties can be defined. This data is vital to ...

India's natural rubber sector sees growth in 2024-25 with expanded plantations, increased productivity, and strong export ...