French biochemical start-up Afyren last week announced completion of several long production cycles to deliver the first commercial volumes of biobase ...

OQ Chemicals yesterday declared force majeure for products manufactured at its Oberhausen, Germany, site – including some that can be used as a buil ...

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive industry is impacting base oil deman ...

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive industry is impacting base oil deman ...

Indonesia requested World Trade Organization dispute consultations with the European Union over its imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of fa ...

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive industry is impacting base oil deman ...

A Dutch startup may have discovered a new, more sustainable way to manufacture fatty acids using food waste as a feedstock.

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical, as the i ...

Ingevity announced last week that it will close by mid-2024 its Deridder, Louisiana, processing plant, which produces crude tall oil fatty acid produc ...

Tsuno Group, a Japanese chemical company, announced the launch of fatty acid esters made from used cooking oil. The lubricant industry’s use of est ...

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

The Sinarmas Cepsa Pte joint venture will expand production of biobased chemicals at its fatty alcohol plant in Indonesia, under an agreement announce ...

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 ...

Biosynthetic Technologies, a producer of biobased synthetic compounds used in base oils, lubricants and additives, acquired castor oil and castor oil ...

Agricultural products company Cargill Inc. has agreed to buy most of Croda International Plc’s Performance Technologies and Industrial Chemicals uni ...

A Malaysian joint venture between BASF and Petronas will double its capacity to make 2-ethylhexanoic acid due to growing demand in applications such a ...

South Korean-based DL Chemical Co. Ltd. will acquire Houston-based Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion in cash under a definitive merger agreement announced ...

Rising electric vehicle sales and global carbon-neutrality initiatives are helping drive demand for use of tall oil fatty acid derivatives in the lubr ...

A recent study forecasts an 8% supply deficit for crude tall oil for all applications by 2030 because of high demand for its use in transportation-rel ...