19 Nigeria Rubber Industry Statistics and Trends
The Nigeria rubber industry provides three key supports for the national economy. It provides raw materials that are needed for agriculturally-based firms, provides income as the country is a net exporter of rubber, and it provides numerous employment opportunities. In 1990, Nigeria was able to become the largest producer of rubber in Africa.
Application of Different Vegetable Oils as Processing Aids
Rubber composites based on renewable vegetable oils are being increasingly developed, as these materials significantly reduce the use of petroleum-based carcinogenic oils as plasticizers in rubber products. Apart from renewability, vegetable oils have some major advantages, such as easy availability, biodegradability, and environmentally friendly nature. Until now, vegetable oils, such as palm
Analysis of Improved Production Practices in Small
Analysis of Improved Production Practices in Small holder Natural Rubber Plantation for Sustainable Natural Rubber Industry in Nigeria June 2025 DOI: 10.14738/aivp.82.8423
SPECIAL REPORT… A peep into Nigeria’s booming recycling industry
Leonard Chinawa, who has been running Awason Plastic Nigeria Industries, a plastic and rubber recycling company, for the past 25 years shares a similar view. “The scrap industry started...
‘Nigeria’s recycling industry is highly competitive but there
Currently, over 10 million waste tyres are discarded annually in Nigeria. These waste tyres have huge negative impacts on health and the environment as they serve as good breeding grounds for cockroaches, houseflies and also create stagnant water which serves as breeding ground for mosquitoes which spread various diseases like cholera, typhoid fever, malaria and yellow fever.
- Which plasticizer is best for nitrile rubber?
- Special application information to note on our plasticizer brands in nitrile rubber : Plasthall ® 7050 – Fuel B resistance, LT, HT, oil resistance, limited use with low ACN. Poor water resistance. Plasthall ® 83SS – Fuel C resistance, LT, HT. Plasthall ® 4141 – Good unaged and heat aged LT, #3 oil resistance, FDA Regulation 177.2600.
- Are polymeric plasticizers better than monomeric?
- Generally, polymeric plasticizers do not provide significant performance advantages over monomerics and are seldom used. Hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) is produced by hydrogenating the double bonds of the butadiene component of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR).
- Do polymeric plasticizers Rob curative effectiveness?
- Plasticizers containing double bonds (oleates and tallates) can rob curative effectiveness, as can naphthenic oils. Generally, polymeric plasticizers do not provide significant performance advantages over monomerics and are seldom used.
- Which polymers need high polarity plasticizers?
- High ACN polymers require high polarity plasticizers, low ACN polymers require low polarity plasticizers. Polymerics used at greater than 15 PPHR are generally used in combinations with monomerics. Hallstar has a wide range of monomeric and polymeric plasticizers that can be used with NBR. APPLICATIONS
- How is styrene-butadiene rubber polymerized?
- Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is polymerized by two basic methods, emulsion and solution. SBR usually contains 29 percent styrene randomly dispersed with butadiene in the polymer chains. The emulsion and solution grades have basically the same ratios of styrene and butadiene.
- What is natural rubber used for?
- The use of natural rubber in radial tires and other types of tires accounts for the largest share of natural rubber. Mechanical goods include hoses, conveyor belts, gaskets, seals, rubber and rubberized fabrics. The dynamic properties of natural rubber are used in springs, bushings and anti-vibration mountings.
