Industrial Lubricants

Volatility in key factors – including base oil and crude oil prices, additives costs and the Indian rupee – made margin-balancing challenging for ...

A Muddled Market

March 1, 2023

The lubricants market has weathered many a storm during the past three years, but the numerous unprecedented changes have left lubricant marketers uns ...

The United States wind energy industry completed projects that brought 8,612 megawatts of new capacity online last year, a 32% decline from 12,747 MW ...

The collection of used oil in Spain was flat in the first nine months of this year, virtually unchanged from the same period in 2021, and this year’ ...

Germany's domestic lubricant demand decreased 4% to 55,842 tons in November, according to data released Feb. 1 by a German government agency. The tota ...

French biochemical company Afyren and Thai sugar producer Mitr Phol Group will partner to establish a biorefinery in Thailand that produces biobased c ...

Petroleum products supplier Gandhar Oil Refinery has announced a plan to conduct an initial public stock offering in which it would aim to raise Rs 35 ...

Saudi Arabian lubricants blender Petromin plans to raise up to $1 billion via an initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 13. According to ...

Lubricant consumption in France fell 9% to 41,317 tons in November, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricants Center r ...

Castrol and SKF will jointly offer "oil-as-service" to help industrial customers reduce lubricant consumption and encourage circularity.

Researchers found synthetic aviation engine oils to be a significant source of fine particles polluting the air around a German airport, according to ...

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany during October declined 7% compared to the same month last year, to 52,234 metric tons, according to data release ...

Lubricant demand in nine major Association of Southeast Asia Nations countries is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 2.1% to more than 3.5 ...

South Korean lubricants blender Michang Oil Ind. Co. Ltd. reported a 45% drop in net profit and a 4% increase in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30 ...

NLGI and ELGI’s grease working groups stay busy. What are some of the latest and most pressing things on their to-do lists?

Castrol and German bearings and drive technologies supplier Schaeffler signed a global contract to develop and manufacture new greases for wind energy ...

PT Pertamina Lubricants announced recently that it has entered a partnership with Indonesia’s national power company to develop electrical transform ...

France Lube Demand Falls

December 20, 2022

Lubricant consumption in France declined 8% to 43,869 metric tons in October, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricant ...

Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova Plc reported an 83% drop in net profit and a 10% increase in sales revenue for its lubricants and greases segm ...

Lithium could lose its spot as a most common thickener for automotive and industrial greases in the coming years because of rising competing demand fo ...