SYNTHETIC RUBBER
PROCESSING IN AUSTRALIA
Australia is on the Allied list lor a 6™atcr proportion of synthetic rubber, and the big tyre companies are now at grips with the problem of proViSnl the additional plant and manpower necessary to process the artlfical product states an Australian financial Journal. It Is becoming apparent that, Irrespective of the production cost of synthetic rubber, the additional process ng cost when tyres are being made puts a high premium on plantation latex. Therefore, though it Say be thit eventually the United SUtes wdl make Buna rubber at 10 cents a pound, unless there are Improvements In the method of converting it into rubber goods Its actual relative cost. taking the life of the finished article into account as well, may be far higher than that of plantation rubber at 15d a pound. Provided Politics do not interfere, well-run New Guinea plantations should be profitable for some years after the war, at least. New Guinea production docs not belong to Australia exclusively under Allied.war plans. Allocations are on a quota basis. KoltaKl is now tapping a record crop.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 218, 14 September 1944, Page 3
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