Automotive Lubricants

Western motor oil brands continue to lose shares of sales in and around Moscow, while domestic and Korean brands have taken up slack since last summer ...

Finished lubricants demand in Germany, including process oils, dropped 22% in June, continuing a trend of year-on-year decreases every month this year ...

As competition ramps up for business with original equipment manufacturers, Chinese lubricant companies are working to differentiate themselves while ...

The Valued PCMO Market

September 6, 2023

Although market volume has shrunk in recent years, the value of the PCMO market has actually increased. Tom Glenn explains why.

Heavy-duty engine oil is trending toward lower viscosity grades. CITGO outlines the real-life benefits of making the switch.

An updated motorcycle oil specification is set to hit the market soon. What’s new, and how might the new standard affect lubricant marketers?

Operating profit for Lanka IOC plummeted 80% for the quarter ended June 30 due to a steep increase in cost of sales, while Chevron Lubricants Lanka Pl ...

Lubrizol Corp.’s pre-tax profit for the second quarter fell 25% year to year due to the fact that earnings in the same period of 2022 were inflated ...

An Italian mutual funds investment firm acquired a majority stake in Italian lubricants and greases producer Pakelo Motor Oil, which said the deal wil ...

Nigerian fuel and lubricant supplier Ardova Plc has been delisted from Nigeria’s biggest stock exchange after an investment fund controlled by one o ...

Rerefiner Heritage-Crystal Clean reported a steep fall in second quarter revenues for its oil business segment – which includes oil rerefining, wast ...

Russia imported 282,000 tons of motor oils in 2022, and more than half of that was shipped from Asia, according to a new study, reflecting the ongoing ...

Domestic lubricant sales in Germany, including process oils, declined 10% in May according to data released Aug. 8 by a German government agency. The ...

The quarter ending June 30 brought mixed results for several Indian lubricant companies, as Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. cited positive impacts from ...

Exorbitant prices for car parts and accessories are discouraging Russian motorists from visiting large stations for service, including oil changes, an ...

BP reported that profits for its Castrol lubricants business dropped 23% in the second quarter, as adverse foreign exchange impacts and higher costs o ...

Chinese lubricant blender Shengbaolu Petrochemical Co., known as Sarlboro, recently completed construction of and commissioned its second blending pla ...

Germany’s demand for finished lubricants fell 21% in April, the second straight month with a decrease of 20% or more, according to data released by ...

Finished lubricant demand in France dipped in May by 14%, according to data released last week by the Paris-based Professional Lubricants Center, the ...

Mining and the BEV

July 20, 2023

Steve Swedberg explores how materials used to make batteries for electric vehicles are mined from the earth.