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 ...

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 ...