China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the United States-based National L ...

Shell announced last week that it has completed an expansion of its grease manufacturing plant in Bangkok, tripling the facility’s production capaci ...

Lubricant demand in India, the world’s third-largest market, has grown to 3.11 metric tons per year and will continue expanding, a Hindustan Petrole ...

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, as producers looked for ways ...

Lucas Oil last week announced that it will open a grease production unit at its lubricant factory  in Indiana later this summer.

The United States wind market installed 28% less wind capacity in 2023, compared to the prior year – the lowest year for such installations since 20 ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...

Across European, Middle East and African base oil markets, a strange phenomenon is taking place, with all types of base oils from API Group I through ...

Bericap, a manufacturing of closures for lubricant containers and other applications, announced last week that it has opened a factory in Nairobi.

Industry watchdog Verification of Lubricant Specifications reported recently that a metalworking fluids supplier altered the formulation for a cutting ...

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...

Biofuels producer BBGI Group, along with fellow Thailand-based partners SCG Chemicals and QTC Energy, announced successful testing of their palm oil-b ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume jumped 21% in May, while the reported value of those exports increased 4%, compared to the same month last year ...

Lengthening availability of most base oil grades against shrinking demand continued to place pressure on prices in Asia, with some spot indications ed ...

South Korean lubricants blender Michang Petroleum reported a 13% increase in net profit despite a 4% decline in sales revenue for the quarter ended Ma ...

A Costa Rican lubricant company this week opened what it claims to be the first waste lubricant refinery in Central America.

Sales at oil change and lubrication shops in the United States rose 14% to $8 billion in 2023, continuing a trend of year-on-year increases since decl ...

Gabriela Wheeler is away this week, but her market commentary will resume in the June 26 edition of Lube Report Americas.

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, one of the foremost lubricant technical associations in North America, announced the launch of ...

The United Kingdom’s British Trade Remedy Authority has initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of low-priced lubricant products originating ...