SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 16. -- John Beck, one of the best known mining men of the State and once owner of the Bullion Beck mine, is the head of a company that is forming to manufacture rubber from a ...

Well, isn’t this dandy. Tiremaker Continental is developing a new type of rubber made from weeds. The company is looking to industrialize a process where latex produced in the roots of fast ...

It’s a common weed you see by the side of freeways or vacant lots. Now WSU research may lead to making rubber tires from it.