German specialty chemicals company Lanxess opened its new application development center in Thane, India, near Mumbai. The center will develop speci ...

Fuchs Group inaugurated its expanded production facility in South Africa after shelling out €26 million to add new equipment to existing facilities. ...

Base oil imports to China fell 12% in 2024, continuing a steady decline in recent years for one of the world’s biggest importers of the material.

BP is considering selling off Castrol after 25 years as its lubricant brand, pushed by an activist investor who wants the energy super major to get ba ...

On the third anniversary of Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, with the United States roiling the Western alliance as it bids to end the war, the ...

The discussion about sustainability has so far largely focussed on products’ immediate environmental impact. But there is a more pertinent and usefu ...

Turkey’s largest oil refiner and sole virgin base oil producer, Tupras, is no longer buying Russian crude feedstock after tightened sanctions impose ...

Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro opened an investigation into a large Feb. 8 fire at a Moove finished lubricant factory on Governa ...

With the latest gasoline engine oil performance specification scheduled to come to market next month, automakers in North America are wasting no time ...

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany plummeted 39% in October, compared to the same month of 2023, an especially weak performance in ...

Citing improved market conditions, Luberef said Tuesday that it is considering keeping open its API Group I base oil plant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, wh ...

This week saw the start of talks aimed at ending the three-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine – a goal that could cause significant impacts on ...

Several base oil grades were impacted by a tighter supply and demand balance in Asia, which sent prices to higher ground. However, concerns about pote ...

Lubrizol is cutting staff in France and shifting some production overseas, blaming overcapacity in the market, the rise of electric vehicles, the afte ...

Two protesters disrupted a presentation by a Shell official at the ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference in London Thursday, part of a coordi ...

A recent survey in Russia indicates motorists are reducing the intervals at which they replace their passenger car engine oils – results that a cons ...

Base oil exports from South Korea dipped half a percentage point in 2024, falling to their lowest level since 2016, according to the latest data from ...

Residents were evacuated from a blaze and fluid leak into Guanabara Bay at the Moove lubricant factory near Rio.

United States President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs this week on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, an action that could hurt produce ...

There has been lots of HR movement at grease maker Axel Christiernsson. After almost 25 years as CEO, Johan Stureson is retiring. Stureson started at ...