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Sri Lankas demand for marine lubricants plummeted last year, and some observers blame high import duties for driving up local costs and steering shipo ...

Net profits for Thai Lube Base fell 69 percent during the quarter ended Sept. 30, while Indias Continental Petroleums and Panama Petrochem recorded a ...

Lubricant demand in India is projected to rise 4.3 percent this year, according to Kline & Co., with strong growth for passenger car and two-wheeler l ...

Citing rising crude palm oil prices, Malaysia again postponed implementation of the B10 biodiesel program in its transportation sector and B7 in its i ...

Africas projected economic growth and new investments in the regions manufacturing sector are expected to increase demand for lubricants and lubricant ...

BERLIN – Germanys lubricant market is the second largest in Europe in large part because of its large industrial base, but the countrys demand f ...

Cosans net revenue from the sale of lubricants and other goods and services, plus the resale of base oils, totaled 463.6 million Brazilian reais (U.S. ...

ATIEL published on its website new lists of lubricant marketers and base stock manufacturers that have signed letters of conformance confirming adhere ...

Balmer Lawrie & Co.s greases and lubricants segment recorded a 17 percent increase in operating profit in its second quarter, and blender GP Petroleum ...

China recently introduced a ban on overloading transport vehicles, aiming to improve safety and road management. Some lube suppliers say more trips wi ...

Shell now produces nearly 100 products, including marine lubricants, from its almost one-year-old, 120,000 metric tons per year blending plant in Jaka ...

OEM Tie-ups Offer Foot in Door

November 15, 2016

Despite low margins, tie-ups with original equipment manufacturers are popular with lubricant marketers because of the chance to build brands and grab ...

A fire devastated a motor oil warehouse in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, the countrys emergency situation ministry reported. The warehouse ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. reported a 5.6 percent increase in lube sales in the first half of its fiscal year and announced that it will merge management offi ...

Asian countries, and China in particular, are fueling rapid growth in the wind energy industry and creating opportunity for lubricant suppliers, a con ...

A forensic accountant hired to investigate questions raised about Tianhe Chemicals 2014 financial records found no fraud or accounting irregularities, ...

HollyFrontiers acquisition of Suncor Energys Petro-Canada lubricants business for CA $1.1 billion (U.S. $845 million), announced Monday, will diversif ...

Korean refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil posted moderate increases in profit in their third quarters despite reduced sales revenues. Castrol India Ltd. ...

Several countries in Asia are changing their approach to evaluating and restricting chemical substances, according to a global trade expert who recent ...

Chinas and Indias car parcs - already two of the worlds largest - will double by 2023, a new study predicts. As lubricants volumes boom, providers mus ...