Higher potash and phosphate prices boosted Mosaic’s net sales by 12 percent in Q4 2017, the company said on Monday (February 19). SEE MORE Despite a rise in crude oil prices, and the resulting pressure on synthetic rubber prices, NR prices showed little sign of strengthening last month as wintering season came to an end in Southeast Asia. SEE MORE Costlier synthetic rubber (SR) in the wake of rising crude oil prices has dealt another blow to the rubber industry, which had already been reeling under a severe shortage of carbon black and other raw materials. SEE MORE The natural rubber production has improved marginally while the consumption and import have reached a new high in the provisional data for 2017-18 released by Rubber Board. SEE MORE Import turnover from China reached $250bn while the export turnover was only USD100bn from 2013 to the first quarter of 2018, according to the Ministry of Finance. SEE MORE