Though wax usually brings to mind candles and shoe polish, one additive maker says it deserves a place of honor in metalworking fluids.

David Wedlock discusses residual waxes in paraffinic base stock.

Dwindling API Group I base oil production is tightening the supply of mineral wax at a time of demand growth. The opportunities to plug the gap are th ...

MUMBAI, India – Global petroleum wax supply will continue to drift lower on shrinking sources of API Group I base stocks, paving the way for alt ...

Asia's demand for waxes will likely outpace supply, which is expected to slow slightly after strong increases in recent years, an industry official sa ...

Construction is finished on joint venture Envia Energys gas-to-liquids commercial reference plant in Oklahoma City. The plant will produce diesel, wax ...

WARSAW – Russian base oil and slack wax exports are expected to rebound in 2016, driven by lower logistics costs, lower export duties and calm b ...

Global wax supply is projected to grow from 10.5 billion pounds in 2014 to 10.7 billion pounds in 2019, falling short of wax demand growth over that t ...

Asia accounted for 46 percent of the globes 10.5 billion pounds of wax supply in 2015 and is the top supplier of several wax types, including petroleu ...

Belarusian business Mineral Wax Plant will upgrade its wax production and triple its finished lubricant capacity in 2016, the company told Lube Report ...

ExxonMobil announces that it will close its Group 1 Base Oil and Wax plant in Beaumont Texas. The 2015 Nonconventional Base Stocks Guide is now avail ...

U.S. demand for waxes will grow 1.8 percent per year by value, to $3.2 billion in 2019, supported by continued growth in manufacturing and residential ...

Sasol commissioned the first phase of its Fischer-Tropsch wax expansion project at its Sasolburg Operations in South Africa. It marks another step tow ...

Hoganas AB, maker of powdered metals for the metallurgical industry, will acquire Wales, U.K.-based lubricants manufacturer Abril Industrial Waxes Ltd ...

Asia-Pacifics microcrystalline wax demand is expected to show strong growth to 2019, while its petrolatum demand is projected to grow more slowly over ...

Global microcrystalline wax and petrolatum demand are both expected to outstrip supply through 2019, creating a shortage in each case, consultancy Kli ...

Nigeria held its first Lubricant Summit in Lagos in August to discuss the state of the industry and plan the sectors future. Attendees paid particular ...

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Trecora Resources closed last week on a $73 million acquisition of Schumann/Steiers Texas subsidiary, SSI Chusei, whi ...

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. is preparing to open to open the largest wax plant in India - a 50,000 ton per year facility being built in the northeastern ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners invested as a joint venture partner in construction of a Lake Charles, La., commercial gas-to-liquids plant that i ...