News from elsewhere (3 April 2009)

Rubber Rallies To Near 5-Mo High; Fundamentals May Cap Rise from Wall Street Journal

Rainforest in SW China felled for rubber plantations from China View

Asia Rubber-Tyre makers buy forward cargo, China chases SIR20 from Reuters

Spot rubber gains from Sify

Avon Rubber to axe 72 jobs in Melksham from This is Wiltshire (UK)

NMCE Rubber Intraday Outlook from Commodity Online

ANALYSIS-Soft rubber market pins hopes on China rebound from Reuters India

CPO, tin and rubber may rebound in Q2 from The Star Online

Iconic Para Rubber returns to Kiwi hands from The National Business Review

Rubber industry faces shortage of human resources from Daily News (Sri Lanka)

UPDATE 2-INTERVIEW-Indonesia rubber exports seen at 5-yr low from source

Minister says commodity prices to drop 50 percent from The Jakarta Post

Lower prices may drag India's rubber acreage from Reuters India

Export price of rubber increases sharply from Vov News

Vietnamese rubber export turnover drops from The Hindu

Tyre firm blaze closes road from Newsdesk (Sweden)

EU tyre labelling moves a step closer

from HGV Ireland