Figures from the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s 2019 Annual Production Survey showed that although lithium remains the dominant thickener f ...

Derivatives marketplace CME Group last week announced it would begin trading futures contracts for lithium hydroxide on May 3, pending regulatory revi ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE opened a polyurea lubricating grease factory at its Kaiserslautern, Germany, site, the company announced last week. The new facility ...

Albemarle Corp. recently announced plans to double capacity at its lithium mine in Nevada in response to burgeoning demand from electric vehicles. Lit ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute launched on Dec. 2 its new High-Performance Multiuse Grease Certification, known as HPM, and subcategories w ...

At the end of March, India implemented the world’s most stringent lockdown in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, shutting down all of its m ...

Polymers can improve water resistance, thickener yield and tackiness in grease formulations, but their long molecular structure made formulators quest ...

Emeka Umejei looks at African grease trends.

Aerospace Lubricants is nearing completion on an expansion to add 10 million pounds of grease production capacity at its plant in Columbus, Ohio, to h ...

A how-to guide for using bench tests to select the right grease for your heavy mining equipment.

Axel Christiernsson AB announced on Monday a multi-million dollar expansion and improvement plan across its three grease plants in the United States, ...

Lithium prices have fallen in recent months, offering respite to lubricating grease producers who had been squeezed by a run-up triggered by the popul ...

Different grease compatibility charts often present conflicting information, putting end users and their equipment at risk.

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to define future grease specificat ...

Lubricating grease production in North America declined 4.2 percent in 2018, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes yearly survey, wh ...

Grease performance and production techniques continue to advance. Two companies present their latest grease innovations.

Indian grease manufacturers, like their counterparts in other countries, have for the past couple years bemoaned sharp increases in the costs of lithi ...

Electric vehicle battery makers domination of global lithium supplies leaves Indian grease makers vulnerable to shortages. One Hungarian grease manufa ...

Trevor Gauntlett celebrates the International Year of the Periodic Table.

The grease industrys use of calcium thickeners is on the rise, spurred by a search for alternatives to increasingly expensive lithium and performance ...