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

The base oil market is changing as the industry tackles new sources of product, increasingly demanding lubricant performance requirements and a variet ...

Imports are on the rise in Russias grease market, but domestic lubricant makers are trying to displace them by offering products of similarly high qua ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a decrease in profits and an increase in sales, while BPs lubricants business posted an incr ...

S-Oil reported increased operating income for its base oil business, while SK Lubricants and Hyundai Shell Base Oil Co. each posted lower profit for t ...

Shell was the largest North American lubricants supplier in 2018, beating out ExxonMobil and Chevron, according to consultancy Kline & Co., which ...

Q3 Profit Up for Afton

October 30, 2019

Afton Chemical, NewMarket Corp.'s petroleum additives segment, reported an operating profit of $94.8 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30, up 24 pe ...

Neste stated last week that it has written off its holding in Nynas, an admission of the difficulties that the joint venture faces under economic sanc ...

Russian motorists who purchase motor oil most often consider factors such as original equipment manufacturers recommendations, the oils viscosity and ...

Sinopec reported last week that its lubricant sales in Australia were up more than 30 percent through the first nine months of 2019, compared to the s ...

Castrol India Ltd. reported a substantial increase in profit for the quarter ending Sept. 30, while Pakistans Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. posted a steep d ...

The Fuchs Group acquired American synthetic lubricants blender Nye Lubricants Inc., the companies announced on Monday, expanding Fuchs' specialty lubr ...

Lithium prices have fallen in recent months, offering respite to lubricating grease producers who had been squeezed by a run-up triggered by the popul ...

Results Down for HCC, WD-40

October 23, 2019

Heritage-Crystal Cleans oil business segment reported a small decline in revenues for its third quarter, and WD-40 posted steep declines in net income ...

Fuchs Petrolub, the world's largest independent lubricant manufacturer, will be carbon-dioxide neutral by the start of 2020, the company announced on ...

Russias motor oil consumption is expected to rise by a compound annual rate of 1.4 percent through 2024 as the countrys active vehicle parc increases, ...

Best Practices

October 22, 2019

Sara Lefcourt shares tips for preparation through scenario planning.

Need To Know

October 22, 2019

Tom Glenn emphasizes the importance of a contingency plan to guard against disruptions in todays heavily consolidated raw materials markets.

Your Business

October 22, 2019

Jack Goodhue describes how satisfying a broader range of stakeholders is good for business.

Despite a current slump, an Infineum official said Chinas car market still has big potential to expand, and the quality of lubricants that it needs ar ...