BASF is gradually adding alkoxylation capacity – in part to produce chemicals with uses in lubricants – at its plants in Belgium and Germany start ...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font unveiled a plan recently to nationalize the country’s lithium industry, declaring that the nation should make t ...

Major players in the lubricant additives space are allocating significant resources to developing sustainable additives. How will these additives cont ...

What did demand for additives look like last year, and how might that outlook shift in the coming years?

Valvoline reported double-digit gains in operating income and sales revenue for the quarter ended March 31, while Moove suffered a massive loss due to ...

Afton Chemical posted a 52% climb in operating profit for the quarter ending March 31, primarily due to higher selling prices, and sales increased 6%, ...

What factors caused base oil production in the United States to drop off last year?

Global lubricant additives consumption topped 4 million tons in 2022 and is forecast to reach near 4.5 million tons in 2027, close to pre-pandemic lev ...

China’s Richful Lube Additives reported that its lubricant additives operating income surged 188% in 2022, while its overall net profit spiked more ...

French biobased chemistry company Groupe Berkem yesterday announced completion of its acquisition of Biopress, a French producer of vegetable oils – ...

As the vehicle parc modernizes in Latin America, there is a widening gap between engine oils that new vehicles require and what is available in the ma ...

How might changes in fuel affect the lubricants used in automotive engines? Steve Swedberg investigates.

Germany’s GEA announced today that it will supply equipment toward expansion of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australi ...

Citing a need to find alternatives to increasingly expensive lithium, Lubrizol Corp. last week opened a grease laboratory outside Mumbai to develop fo ...

It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. How has the fallout affected the lubricants market in the region and abroad?

Belgian oleochemical producer Oleon will double the capacity of its isostearic acid and dimer production unit in Ertvelde, Belgium, by 2024 to support ...

Lubrizol Corp. said last week that it will partner with Solecta Inc. to develop and market novel membranes for the separations industry. The tie-up fo ...

Afton Chemical posted operating profit jumps of 188% for the fourth quarter and 35% for the full year, boosted by increased selling prices that overca ...

Leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada all have called for private businesses from the latter two companies to participate in the former’s ...

TCL Specialties LLC, a subsidiary of India’s Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd., will break ground this month on two manufacturing facilities in West Virgini ...