News from elsewhere on the web (24 July 2009)

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Rostechhnologii/Pirelli Put Off Tire Plant Construction in Togliatti Property Express (Russia)

Tyre, tread rubber units in crisis (Severe shortage of carbon black) Express Buzz (India)

Sabic and ExxonMobil Chemical seek multi-billion dollar petrochemical project bidders Press release

KOREA'S KUMHO TIRE HALTS PRODUCTION DUE TO LABOR DISPUTE Asia Pulse via Trading markets (Korea)

RM300 fine for using regrooved (car) tyres after Nov 1 The Star (Malaysia)

Lanxess India bags two Awards from the Institute of Economic Studies Press release from Lanxess (India)

Fabbriche in crisi: assemblea generale (Manuli Rubber) Il Quotidiano (Italy)

Factories in crisis: a General Assembly Above story auto-translated into English (from Italian)

EWI Receives $1,150,000 Payment For Prototype Tire recycling System Earth Times (Canada - Ontario)

Natural rubber export target may be trimmed The Hindu (India)

Liberia Will Pay Rubber Workers as Part of Farm Sale to Darby Bloomberg (Liberia)

Chinese auto bidder apparently out of Opel rescue talks Xinhua (China)

China's port container capacity continues to drop in H1 cctv (China)

Shanghai relaxes foreign investment approval rules Chinaview (China)

Tires 101: What are the important numbers to know? Examiner (US)

SALT launches sonar locator system for deepwater construction Offshore (UK)

Vibram FiveFingers: Worse Than Crocs? Rant-Rave blog (US - New orleans)