News from elsewhere on the web (14 March 2011)

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GSFC plans to replace ageing Vadodara units (Includes plans for butyl rubber) Live Mint (India) (Scroll down to final paragraph, or search on "butyl")

China parliament passes 5-year economic plan AsiaOne (China)

Spot rubber weakens further The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber Tumbles, Trade Suspended, After Japan Quake Halts Car Production Bloomberg (Japan)

Rubber prices likely to ease this week The Star (Makaysia)

Rubber prices witness sharp drop Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

NMCE Rubber plunges on short selling Commodity Online (Japan)

Japanese car makers shut shop, TOCOM April rubber contract suspended Commodity Online (India)

Japan Earthquake to boost rubber prices Commodity Online (India)

Rubber prices hit by tsunami Deccan Chronicle (India)

Rubber prices set to continue downturn Business Times (Malaysia)

Tigar's news sales channels EM Portal (Serbia)

Tokyo Firms Keep Workers Home Amid Train Squeeze Nikkei (Japan)

Michelin, Renault: No Plans To Repatriate Staff From Japan Wall St Journal (Japan)

Gripped with fear over glove factory Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)

Where does the tread meet the road in the used tyre debate? Jamaica Observer (Jamaica)

NOVATEK Chief Ventures Into New Business (Sibur) Oil & Gas Eurasia (Russia)

Cambodia approves rubber plantation-in national park MongaBay.com (country)

Volkswagen's old platforms adapt to new realities China Daily (China)

Tire fire sends thick, dark smoke into sky above Kuna NWCN (US - Idaho)

Human remains found on derelict factory site (Sevalco) in Avonmouth This Is Bristol (UK)