Castrol India Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported lower profits and higher sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, citing impacts of ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. said this week that it will build a large maleic anhydride plant at its oil refinery in Panipat, India, part of a broader progra ...

The government of Malaysia – the world’s second-largest palm oil producer – is raising the threshold of its windfall tax for the palm oil sector ...

September base oil production in Brazil was 22% higher than the same month of last year and was up even more from pre-COVID-19 levels. Despite the inc ...

Lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a slight decrease in profits on higher sales for the third quarter, citing the impacts of rising raw mat ...

In an effort to discourage tax-dodging mixing with diesel, Israeli officials signed an order last week to impose an excise tax on lubricants and solve ...

Lubricants distributor Telko Ltd. will acquire fellow distributor Mentum AS, the company announced last week. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, but with oper ...

A fruit grower in China’s Xinjiang province announced this month that it has reached a tentative agreement to acquire Tongyi Petroleum Chemical Co., ...

S-Oil reported much higher operating income for its base oil business, SK Lubricants posted a large jump in operating profit, and Pakistan-based blend ...

Japan consumed 140,064 kiloliters of finished lubricants in September, according to data released by a government agency. The volume was an increase f ...

Turkey produced and imported 754,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2020, the same level as in 2019 according to estimates by LLK-International ...

Lehvoss Group, a producer and distributor of raw materials for lubricant additives and base oils based in Hamburg, Germany, acquired French lubricant ...

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, lubricant additives and base o ...

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a report last month flagging concerns about seven chemicals, including two that are used by ...

South Korea exported a larger volume of base oils and more than doubled its declared export value in September, compared to the same month last year. ...

Chinese metalworking fluids supplier Amer is building a production facility in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where the company is headquartered. With ...

Brazil’s base oil production jumped 48% in August, compared to the same period last year, and was up by 18% from August 2019’s volume, suggesting ...

WD-40 reported net income of $8.4 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Aug. 31, down 57% compared to its previous fourth quarter. For its ful ...

Lubricant demand in France showed a moderate year-over-year increase in August, but several lubricant segments posted their lowest monthly sales of th ...

Vanol FZE is preparing to unveil a lubricant blending plant in Dubai with capacity of 75,000 metric tons per year, a launch pad for its plan to enter ...