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Authorities projected a loss of around 10% of rubber output in the 2016-17 crop year after unseasonal flooding affected the country's main growing region, a senior industry official said on Thursday. Southern Thailand has suffered downpours since Jan 1, resulting in flash floods that have killed 36 people. Global rubber prices have spiked on concerns…

Deadlines for ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 registration have appeared on the horizon. Although we have 24 months to get registered to these new standards, some related timelines are looming even closer, notably scheduling a recertification or surveillance audit. Some organizations have already passed their surveillance audits since the standards’ publication in 2015, but most…

New York, NY - GenomeWeb reports, "An international research team led by investigators at the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences’ Rubber Research Institute have produced a whole genome sequence of the Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) and paired-end reads for five other rubber tree species. The rubber tree is a member of the spurge…

Source: Economic Calendar Zinc prices stabilized this week after hitting a nine-month high last week, helped by a broad recovery in commodity markets and improving supply/demand fundamentals within the zinc industry. This year, zinc has been one of the best performer among industrial metals. Zinc prices have been buoyed from major changes to the supply chain as…

Definition A master batch is a product in which pigments and/or other additives are already optimally dispersed in a carrier material, that is compatible with the main plastic in which it will be let down and is supplied in either a granule or prill form. Carrier material. The carrier material generally used, is likely to…