A method for producing a conveyor belt rubber composition, the conveyor belt rubber composition containing a diene rubber containing 50 mass % or more of an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer, the aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer having a content of repeating units derived from an aromatic vinyl of more than 20 mass % and a proportion of vinyl structure in repeating units derived from a conjugated diene of 8 mol % or less, and being terminally modified with at least one modifier selected from the group consisting of a titanium halide, a tin halide, a cyclic silazane, an alkoxysilane, an epoxide, an amine, a ketone, and a compound represented by the formula (N), the method comprising:
- copolymerizing monomers comprising an aromatic vinyl and a diene using an initiator prepared using an organolithium compound, an alkylaluminum and a metal alcoholate, and then
- terminating the polymerization using an electrophile selected from a titanium halide, a tin halide, a cyclic silazane, an alkoxysilane, an epoxide, an amine, a ketone, and a compound represented by the formula (N) to produce the aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer.
- where, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R2 represents an alkylene group.