News from elsewhere on the web (18 March 2010)

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Rise in spot rubber prices Bloomberg TV (India)

Spot rubber prices improve The Hindu Business Line (India)

US chemical producers should focus on the domestic market and refining as overcapacity looms ICIS (Singapore)

Asia Rubber-Tyre makers buy as supply fears linger Reuters (Singapore)

S.E.Asia dry spell thins palm, rubber supply; threatens rice ForexYard (Singapore)

Price rise: Rubber industry finds it difficult to stretch it further Indian Express (India)

Worker Injured In Bridgestone Plant Accident News6 (US - South Carolina)

India: Forniture scarse e forti richieste spingono ai massimi prezzi gomma naturale Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy)

India: Supplies scarce and demands strong push at the highest prices of natural rubber Above story auto-translated into English (from Italian)

Neues Verfahren reduziert den Einsatz von giftigem Zinkoxid bei der Reifenproduktion DeutschlandFunk (Germany)

New process reduces the use of toxic zinc in tire production Above story auto-translated into English (from German)

Global Rubber Supply May Rise by 11% in 2010, Study Group Says Business Week (China)

'Global rubber supply may rise by 11%' Today ONline (China)

Ellen To Handle Firestone-Kparn Yah's Pollution Issue The Inquirer (Liberia)

Mercedes' domestic sales to outdo UK China Daily (China)

More massive tire cleanups planned on north state ag land Redding.com (US - California)

MPC to review tire-shredding plan Savannah Now (US - Georgia)

MRF, the official blimp sponsor of IPL The Hindu (India)