News from elsewhere on the web (01 July 2011)

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Hankook Tire targets over $1 bln in US sales Dow-Jones via Marketwatch (Korea)

Tokyo futures at 2-week high, supply caps gains Business Recorder (Pakistan / Japan)

Slowing demand and price resistance could hit NWE butadiene market Platts (London)

Rubber price to remain strong: DBS Vickers Business Times (Malaysia)

Natural rubber price to slip on lower Chinese demand Financial Express (India)

Mitas Ground Breaking kimt (US - Iowa)

Nairit plant CEO resigns ARKA (Armenia)

Head of Armenia's Nairit chemical giant resigns News.am (Armenia)

Aditya Birla Nuvo expects to hit $10 billion by 2015 iStockAnalyst (US / India)

State aid dangled to lure expansion at American Synthetic Rubber Courier-Journal (US - Louisville)

Three antidumping duties withdrawn (Carbon Black) Engineering News (South Africa)

UPDATE 1-Rubber demand forecast at 25.7 mln T in 2010-IRSG Reuters (Singapore)

Nigeria's Okomu Oil Palm to Spend $13 Million on Rubber Bloomberg (Nigeria)

Felda Spends RM3.5 Billion From EPF Loan Bernama (Malaysia)

Vietnamese investors eye Lao market VoV News (Vietnam)

China increases import of Vietnam's agro-products ForexYard (US / Vietnam / China)

Daimler to invest 2b euros into Chinese JV Xinhua (China)

VW new auto plant in east China costs 9.1 bln yuan to build Xinhua (China)

Cost to put out fyre could top £2m Wales Online (UK - Wales)

Tyre Company (Toyo) Sued after Blow Out causes Death Crash Ashley Ainsworth (UK - Wales)

Tyre-maker sued after M4 crash left woman dead Wales Online (UK - Wales)

Tyre Manufacturer (Toyo) Blamed for Fatal Car Accident Injuries Direct.com (UK - Wales)

Decade long tyre fire to finally be put out El Defensor Chieftain (US - New Mexico)