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Q4 Kind to Clean Harbors, HCC, Quaker

Lube Report Americas - March 4, 2020

Quaker Chemical reported an increase in fourth quarter net income, but a decline for 2019. Its net sales were higher for ...

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Tough 2019 for Rerefiner Hydrodec

Lube Report EMEA - February 18, 2020

United Kingdom-based transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group posted a full-year loss for 2019 and said its revenues dec ...

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Middle East Rerefining Ripe for Growth

Lube Report EMEA - January 21, 2020

The Middle East may be finally kicking its monograde engine oil dependence, but dealing with the disposal of low-grade u ...

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Rerefining Rate up in Spain

Lube Report EMEA - December 31, 2019

Seventy-two percent of waste oil generated in Spain in 2018 was refined into base stocks, according to a recent annual p ...

Africa Lags in Rerefining

Africa Lags in Rerefining

Lube Report EMEA - December 24, 2019

Africa recycles less of its used lubricants into base oils than other regions, and several obstacles stand in the way of ...

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Rerefinery Planned in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - November 26, 2019

Turkish waste oil collector Tayras announced that it is building an API Group II rerefinery with enough capacity to proc ...

Base Oils from Plastic

Base Oils from Plastic

Lube Report Americas - November 13, 2019

A group of American researchers claimed last month to have developed a catalyst that effectively recycles plastic grocer ...

Chile Enacts Recycling Regulation

Chile Enacts Recycling Regulation

Lube Report Americas - November 6, 2019

Chile enacted a law last week that aims to recycle used lubricants by giving producers and end-users responsibilities to ...

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Safety-Kleen Revenue Up, HollyFrontier Results Mixed

Lube Report Americas - November 6, 2019

Clean Harbors Safety-Kleen segment posted an uptick in revenue and waste oil collection, while HollyFrontiers lubricants ...

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Results Down for HCC, WD-40

Lube Report Americas - October 23, 2019

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment reported a small decline in revenues for its third quarter, and WD-40 poste ...

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Hydrodec Unveils Sale Details for Australian Assets

Lube Report Asia - August 16, 2019

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater - to its bigge ...

Vertex-Tensile JV Boosts Rerefining Plans

Vertex-Tensile JV Boosts Rerefining Plans

Lube Report Americas - August 14, 2019

Tensile Capital Management LLC formed a joint venture with Vertex Energy Inc., agreeing to inject capital that will acce ...

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Earnings Drop at Milacron, HCC

Lube Report Americas - July 31, 2019

Milacron reported a dip in operating earnings and sales for its Fluid Technologies segment in the second quarter, and He ...

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Rerefining Subsidies Hiked in Spain

Lube Report EMEA - July 30, 2019

The non-profit organization that manages the recycling of used lubricants in Spain raised its subsidy for oil collection ...

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Ecuador Aims to Recycle More Used Lubes

Lube Report Americas - May 29, 2019

The government of Ecuador aims for the country to recycle 100 percent of its used lubricants and has vowed to guarantee ...

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First Quarter Mixed for U.S. Companies

Lube Report Americas - May 8, 2019

Valvoline reported a slight loss in operating income and lubricants sales volume, HollyFrontiers lubricants and specialt ...

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STR Tecoil Buys Collection Business

Lube Report EMEA - April 2, 2019

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil recently acquired the used oil collection business from Fortum, a Finnish company in the re ...

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STR Tecoil Oy Enters Russian Used Oil Market

Lube Report EMEA - March 26, 2019

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil Oy plans to start collecting and processing waste lubricants to produce base oils in Russia ...