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Independent Thai lubricant maker P.S.P. Specialties Public Co. reported hefty increases in net profit and sales revenue for the quarter ended March 31 ...

While there were no unexpected incidents in Asia this week, there was a sense of unease and trepidation as geopolitical conflicts and economic uncerta ...

Kluber Lubrication announced it will expand its factory in Mysore, India, to increase the amount of specialty lubricants that it makes locally and to ...

Chevron Oronite announced Wednesday its final investment decision to expand its lubricant additive facility in Ningbo, in China’s Zhejiang province, ...

There is much variance among forecasts over the long-term future of e-mobility.

Although vehicle manufacturers’ transition to electric vehicles manufacturing is expected to reduce metalworking fluids consumption, it is also expe ...

Base oil suppliers noticed a burst of activity ahead of the Memorial Day holiday on May 27, which unofficially marks the start of the summer driving s ...

Lubrizol reported higher first-quarter pre-tax earnings despite a drop in sales revenue – thanks to decreases in raw material and manufacturing cost ...

Trade associations in the lubricants industry have taken significant steps the past few years developing standards to help quantify the sustainability ...

Russian company Industrial Projects expressed intentions last week to build a lubricant blending plant in the Rostov oblast, according to a May 20 new ...

HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. announced today it will collaborate with Gulf Cryo LLC to produce, distribute and sell of HydroGraph’s graphene in the M ...

Bulgaria’s Caspian Lubricants Recycling announced plans to invest in a new base oil rerefinery near Baku, Azerbaijan, according to the state Agency ...

Sunday’s death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi raised levels of trepidation in the Middle East, leaving players in the region’s base oil market ...

Availability of a few base oil grades has tightened in Asia, catapulting prices to higher levels, while other cuts seem to be more balanced against de ...

Yushiro Chemical reported increased fiscal-year net profit and sales for the quarter ended March 31, while specialty chemical producer KH Neochem post ...

South Korea exported 19% less base oil at a 32% drop in reported value in April, according to data released earlier this week by a government agency.

Refiners in India increased base oil production by 8% for the fiscal year ended March 31, leaning on a recent expansion at a plant operated by Indian ...

Base oil demand has shown a healthy uptick over the last two weeks, as blenders bolster inventories for the summer driving season and ahead of the sta ...

Installation of new wind power capacity in the United States dropped 28% in 2023 to its lowest level since 2014, the American Clean Power Association ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported decreased base oil and process oil sales revenue for the quarter ended March 31, while Perimeter Sol ...