The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, as producers looked for ways ...

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...

Chevron Oronite announced Wednesday its final investment decision to expand its lubricant additive facility in Ningbo, in China’s Zhejiang province, ...

Standard Lithium Ltd. announced a partnership with international energy major Equinor to develop two lithium extraction projects in east Texas and wes ...

The EU and the Biden Administration are working on new laws to curb emissions from industry.

Lithium's versatility has made it the go-to for decades, but developing alternatives is now a priority.

In the not-too-distant past, the grease industry had a fair amount of sway when it came to the price of lithium.

Explore the building blocks of lubricating greases as well as trends in global grease demand.

Novel Reliable Technologies announced it is expanding its presence in North America with blending and warehouse capabilities.

Lubrizol’s pre-tax earnings for 2023 were relatively unchanged from 2022, although Berkshire Hathaway noted that they improved last year if excludin ...

SI Group has entered a long-term agreement to have some of its chemical products manufactured by Dingjide Petrochemical Co. – a move allowing the Am ...

Perstorp inaugurated a pentaerythritol production plant in western India on Feb. 20, saying it will meet growing regional demand for the chemical, whi ...

Solvay last month completed the spin-off of its specialty chemicals business, which has been named Syensqo and supplies a range of lubricant additives ...

Richful Lube Additive Co. last month announced delays for two major projects – the upgrading of a lubricant additives plant and construction of a ne ...

In line with lubricating oil trends, global grease production in 2024 fell slightly, according the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s most rece ...

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulfur carriers – used as extrem ...

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous other countries that have out ...

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the mineral as hazardous, an indu ...

Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China – a project that added produc ...

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The American energy giant added th ...