by whatnextrubber | Feb 3, 2024 | News Analysis by Jom Jacob
Experts seek policy intervention to ban cup-lump exports Block rubber or TSR processing factories in Liberia are increasingly challenged by a widening shortage of cup-lump in the country. With the recent opening of greenfield factories and capacity addition in the...
by Jom Jacob | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The prices of RSS3 at Bangkok FOB, the global benchmark grade of ribbed smoked sheet of natural rubber, soared 20% over the first 30 days of January 2024. RSS prices at Bangkok are poised to scale further up and continue along a rising curve for the next six months,...
by whatnextrubber | Nov 26, 2023 | Market Insights by Jom Jacob, Price outlook
Natural rubber (NR) market foresees a potential tight supply emerging globally by the end of the first quarter of 2024. The trends up to October point to a massive fall in production in major producing countries for the full year 2023. The production in Thailand, the...
by whatnextrubber | Sep 22, 2022 | Market Insights by Jom Jacob
A combination of factors is keeping sentiment down in natural rubber physical markets across Asia. The SICOM TSR20 is often considered as a close reflective of the sentiment in physical markets. The TSR20 contract for Dec 2022 expiration was traded 0.1% lower at...
