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Thail gov’t continues to promote use of rubber resin in road construct

Thail gov’t continues to promote use of rubber resin in road construction

The government has continued to push for the increased use of rubber in the construction of roads nationwide by having rubber resin mixed with para soil cement.
Thail gov’t continues to promote use of rubber resin in road construction ảnh 1Illustrative image (Source: news.thaivisa.com)

Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The government has continued to push for theincreased use of rubber in the construction of roads nationwide by havingrubber resin mixed with para soil cement.

Deputy government spokesman Lt Gen Weerachon Sukhonthapatipak said PrimeMinister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has been briefed by the Ministry of Agricultureand Cooperatives about the ministry’s meeting, with members of rubber traders’associations and representatives of five rubber exporting firms, on the lowprice of rubber in the export market. All parties have agreed to the conclusionthat the futures markets overseas have suppressed the rubber prices in thedomestic market and middlemen are reported to be keeping the rubber pricesfluctuating in the futures markets.

The government has continued to promote the increased use of rubber in thecountry by using it in the construction of roads nationwide. The RubberAuthority of Thailand began to buy fresh resin instead of rubber sheets. Rubbertraders will supply the fresh resin, bought by the RAOT, to local administrativeorganisations for use in the construction of roads.

The RAOT has calculated that about 13 tonnes of fresh resin can make a kilometreof road. If the resin is bought for 46 baht per kilogram, a rubber tree planterwill earn nearly 200,000 baht per kilometre of road. The Department of Highwayshas assured that the surface of roads made of a mixture of resin and para soilcement is more resilient and durable in hot weather than the surface of roadmade of asphalt and cement. – NNT/VNA
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