China’s largest petrochemical refinery is now fully operating, and maleic anhydride and methyl methacrylates are among the materials it is producing ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported a 23% drop in operating income for its lubricant products segment for the first nine months of this ...

Saudi investment firm Dussur has agreed to buy a minority stake in Italmatch Chemicals, a growing Italy-based company that supplies esters and chemica ...

The Sinarmas Cepsa Pte joint venture will expand production of biobased chemicals at its fatty alcohol plant in Indonesia, under an agreement announce ...

BRB International announced last week the opening of a lubricant additives factory in Echt, Netherlands, a facility that will serve as the Petronas su ...

Japanese lubricant blender Idemitsu Kosan developed an ash-free heavy-duty diesel engine oil with no metallic detergents while maintaining anti-wear p ...

HF Sinclair’s lubricants and specialty product segment reported a $5 million loss from operations in the third quarter and Quaker Chemical’s net i ...

Richful Lube Additive Co. has proposed investing ¥1 billion (U.S. $138.3 million) to expand its lubricant additive factory in Xinxiang, China, instal ...

Afton Chemical reported 15% higher operating profit and a 12% bump in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30 as increases in its own selling prices ove ...

BASF announced on Tuesday it will invest an undisclosed amount to build a neopentyl glycol plant with 80,000 metric tons per year capacity at its new ...

BASF and Hannong Chemicals have tentatively agreed to form a joint venture that would manufacture non-ionic surfactants in South Korea for metalworkin ...

Kirei Chemical LLC, an Anglo-Russian company headquartered in London, announced it is building a lubricant additive factory in Russia and that it will ...

The breakneck speed at which new regulations are being implemented in Europe may create drastic disruptions that the lubricant additives industry must ...

Today’s engine oils must meet increasingly stringent performance standards. Fortunately, a new additive may help to enable higher performing engine ...

Additives manufacturer SI Group is expanding production capacity at its Rasal, India, factory for antioxidants used in lubricants and greases, and wil ...

The emerging era of new ship engine designs and the mosaic of interim and future fuels that are part of shipping’s transition towards decarbonizatio ...

Russia exported less base oil in June and July, compared to February, as shipments to Europe dwindled under the barrage of sanctions by the United Sta ...

Afton Chemical lifted its force majeure declaration effective Sept. 8, the company confirmed to Lube Report. In July, Afton notified customers it decl ...

Chevron Oronite said Thursday that it has completed an expansion of its lubricant additive manufacturing plant in Singapore – increasing the number ...

Piedmont Lithium chose Etowah, Tennessee as the site of a 30,000 metric tons per year lithium hydroxide plant, with completion and start of production ...