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 ...

Ever since the first European explorers crossed the Atlantic and saw Aztec children tossing rubber balls, an idea has persisted: Why not make something besides toys out of that stuff? Three centuries ...

Natural rubber prices swing wildly, but the latex that drips down a tree is more than an elastomer; up to 5 % of its dry weight is lipid that mills usually discard. Researchers now show this oily ...