News from elsewhere on the web (07 Oct 2010)

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Balkrishna Industries to set up its fourth plant in Bhuj DNA India (India)

Schaeffler adviser (Rolf Koerfer) to leave Continental board Reuters (Germany)

US SBR producers fight downward pressure from BD - reseller ICIS (US - Texas)

Spot rubber recovers on short covering The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber Advances on Tight Supply From Thailand; Stronger Yen Limits Gains Bloomberg (Japan)

Ceylon raw rubber prices fluctuate on Jodia Bazar Source (country)

Rubber May Advance to Highest Since 2008 on 'Momentum': Technical Analysis Bloomberg (Japan)

Spot rubber recovers India Infoline (India)

Bassens : les ouvriers Michelin font pression Sud Ouest (France)

Bassens: Michelin workers apply pressure (Synthetic rubber factory) Above story auto-translated into English (from French)

Labour shortage major challenge in Natural Rubber sector The Hindu Business Line (India)

Rubber consumption up, imports fall The Hindu Business Line (India)

Conference on auto materials begins The Hindu Business Line (India)

Auto equipment makers urged to work in synergy The Hindu Business Line (India)

Massive fire in tyre factory in Delhi SamayLive (India)

Poor synthetic rubber supplies could hurt tyre cos Financial Express (India)

World rubber market faces supply, price squeeze Reuters (India)

Natural rubber production likely to rise 6.3% Business Standard (India)

India pushes for focusing small-holding in Natural Rubber Commodity Online (India)

A by-product of the rubber-making process has great implications for the cosmetics industry Bangkok Post (Thailand)

UPDATED: St. Lucie County tire fire could burn for days CBS12 (US - Florida)

Navy scrambles after subs shed stealthy coating Navy Times (US - Maine)

Jackson receives $50K for used-tire disposal ClarionLedger (US - Mississippi)

Swedes kick biofuel tire potential here BC Local news (Canada - British Columbia)