Thailand is the world's largest producer of natural rubber, the vast majority of it from small-scale farmers - Copyright AFP Jack TAYLOR Thailand is the world's ...

SINGAPORE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Excessive monsoon rains following a drought in the world's top rubber producer Thailand and typhoon damage in No. 5 grower China are reducing output of the tyre-making ...

MUMBAI/JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Global natural rubber output could drop for a second straight year in 2015 as prices near six-year lows have prompted Asian farmers to curtail tapping during their ...

Japanese researchers say they have produced rubber from a natural substance extracted from an edible, wild mushroom commonly found in the country. Researchers at Gunma University, west of Tokyo, have ...