France’s Ministry of Ecology last week implemented a system giving increased regulatory scrutiny to industrial sites that have had accidents or a hi ...

Local firefighting officials said last week that a June 14 blaze that heavily damaged a Chemtool grease plant in Rockton, Illinois, was triggered by a ...

Lubrizol and its Chemtool subsidiary face lawsuits from residents alleging major impacts on their properties from the devastating fire that started on ...

Lubricating grease production in Europe fell 7% in 2020, according to the latest survey by the United States-based National Lubricating Grease Institu ...

Lithium greases made a small comeback in 2020 in Asia’s two largest grease markets, according to the latest survey by the United States-based Nation ...

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

Lockhart Chemical Co. announced last week that it acquired chlorinated paraffin manufacturing rights and related assets in a transaction with North Ca ...

A tribological coating allows for increased production of vaccine vials.   For the past year, pharmacologists around the world have raced to d ...

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

Sludge and varnish in turbines, such as those used for power generation, have been observed more frequently in recent years due to increased use of AP ...

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

The European Chemicals Agency started public consultation March 9 on eight proposed substances proposed for designation as being of very high concern, ...

Since the first steam trains of early 19th century England, locomotives have been an invaluable boon to trade and civilization. While the rise of air ...

Italmatch Chemicals Group acquired Israel Chemicals’ RecoPhos Project Technology, boosting the group’s development of a process for production of ...

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

German lubricant and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly reported 26% higher sales in November and 38% higher sales in December, compared to ...

A better understanding of gearbox coatings will help both lube formulators and OEMs. As power density increases for various applications and smalle ...

Rianlon Corp., a Tianjin, China-based chemical company, will buy over 90% of the shares in Kangtai Lubricant Additives Co., a major Chinese lubricant ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency concluded Monday that perchloroethylene does not pose an unreasonable risk to human health when used ...

Richful Lube Additive Co. plans to build its second factory – located in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China – after conducting an initial public stoc ...