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Rubber - data, forecasts, historical chart - was last updated on September 10 of 2024. Rubber increased 24.90 US Cents/kg or 15.95% since the beginning of 2024, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity.
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Oct 6, 2020 · History of Rubber: The Rubber Economy 1870 – 1930. This is Part Three of the History of Rubber series. Previously, Part One explores Discovery & Earliest Uses and Part Two covers Development & Vulcanisation. Guides are available to download in PDF format at the bottom of the page.
A Glimpse into the History of Rubber. Latex-producing trees and plants grow naturally in many regions of the world. Yet the making of rubber products got its start among the primitive inhabitants of the Americas long before the first Europeans caught sight of the New World.
May 5, 2015 · Summary. Natural rubber is one of the most significant export crops from the tropics, but since the 1940s rubber has been produced from both natural latex and from petroleum. International markets for rubber expanded rapidly after the late 1880s, led by the newly expanding tire industry.
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1. A World History of Rubber: Empire, Industry, and the Everydayby Stephen L. Harp. John Wiley & Sons, 2016. A short (184-page) but wide-ranging introduction that puts rubber in a global context. 2. Rubber Technologyby Maurice Morton. Springer, 1999. Explains the basic science of rubber polymers before looking at natural and synthetic rubbers. 3. Rubber Compounding: Principles: Materials, and Techniques, Second Editionby Fred Barlow. CRC Press, 1993. A detailed guide to manufacturing rubber c...
For younger readers
1. Rubber versus Glass: I Wonder Whyby Laurence Lowry. NSTA, 2014. A 36-page introduction to the contrasting properties of two everyday materials, for ages 5–8. 2. Rubberby Cassie Mayer. Heineman, 2008. A basic 24-page introduction probably best for ages 6–9. 3. Rubberby Chris Oxlade. Pearson Education, 2003. A 32-page introduction for ages 9–12.
The natural rubber trade underwent several radical transformations over the period 1870 to 1930. First, prior to 1910, it was associated with high costs of production and high prices for final goods; most rubber was produced, during this period, by tapping rubber trees in the Amazon region of Brazil.
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A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today,...
