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Castrol India Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported lower profits and higher sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, citing impacts of ...

HollyFrontier Corp.’s lubricants and specialty products segment reported large increases in income and revenue from operations, and Clean Harbors’ ...

Lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a slight decrease in profits on higher sales for the third quarter, citing the impacts of rising raw mat ...

Lubricants distributor Telko Ltd. will acquire fellow distributor Mentum AS, the company announced last week. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, but with oper ...

The United Nations has recently defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ...

As emissions limits and fuel economy targets become more stringent in markets around the globe, there has been an increased need for lower-viscosity h ...

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Leave No Trace   By now you’ve probably heard of the push for carbon neutrality. It’s gone from a buzz term to the focus of tangible busin ...

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Knowing When to Hold and When to Fold   In life, as in poker, the importance of recognizing when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em cannot b ...

A fruit grower in China’s Xinjiang province announced this month that it has reached a tentative agreement to acquire Tongyi Petroleum Chemical Co., ...

S-Oil reported much higher operating income for its base oil business, SK Lubricants posted a large jump in operating profit, and Pakistan-based blend ...

Sustainability Day emphasises the importance of environmental awareness. It's time for an new SDG to give this awareness some purpose.

Afton Chemical reported a lower operating profit despite increased sales – citing such factors as rising costs for raw materials and energy and cont ...

Machinery and equipment relies on effective lubrication. Yet greases – an important lubricant commonly used in axles, bearings, and gears – are no ...

Lehvoss Group, a producer and distributor of raw materials for lubricant additives and base oils based in Hamburg, Germany, acquired French lubricant ...

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, lubricant additives and base o ...

WD-40 reported net income of $8.4 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Aug. 31, down 57% compared to its previous fourth quarter. For its ful ...

The lubricant industry has started its sustainability journey toward decarbonization and carbon neutrality. To help achieve these goals and make a tan ...

Sustainability may be a concept that that is easy to endorse, but there is no end of practical steps to be taken and facts to be considered for compan ...

Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp. reported higher sales of both specialty lubricants and synthetic oils for its second fiscal qu ...

Vertex Energy shareholders voted in favor of its proposed sale of used motor oil collection and recycling assets – including two rerefineries – to ...