Are we close to the long-anticipated point where chemical safety laws and market expectations become incompatible at an accessible cost? Lubricant for ...

Trading in Asia’s base oils market was expected to pick up the pace against a background of growing geopolitical tensions on several fronts. Some of ...

Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report Gabriela Wheeler – January 5, 2026 Similar conditions to those seen during the last weeks of 2025 ...

Base oil prices were largely steady as trading wound down ahead of New Year’s – one of the most important holidays in some countries –when numer ...

Valencia, Spain – Europe and Asia are rapidly reshaping the rerefined base oil market, emerging as the dominant global hubs as sustainability mandat ...

With demand not expected to pick up in earnest until February, when many consumers start to build inventories for the spring lubricant production seas ...

SK Enmove Opens China Technology Center in ShanghaiSK Enmove held an opening ceremony on Dec. 15 for its China Technology Center&n ...

Languid buying appetite and ample supplies continued to exert downward pressure on spot prices in Asian base oil markets. Buyers who were holding adeq ...

As the end of the year closes in, market participants were trying to wrap up business. Some suppliers were eager to reduce inventories to avoid tax im ...

The last month of the year was expected to bring fairly muted activity in base oil markets as both consumers and suppliers hope to reach the end of De ...

The United States and China have agreed to suspend their tit-for-tat application of port service fees on each other’s docking vessels for one year, ...

Lopal prepared to ship its first batch of lubricants to Zambia, marking its initial order for Sumec Hardware & Tools Co., Ltd. The shipment is a ...

DuPont held a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 18 for a new specialty lubricants production facility in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, aiming to boost ...

Yitai Bochen Chemical Technology Co. began construction this month on a new API Group III base oil plant in Zibo, Shandong province, marking a major b ...

Spot prices for some base oil cuts succumbed to downward pressure on mounting availability, while other grades managed to maintain a steady course as ...

Ganesan Ganapathi cites examples of workers making exceptional contributions to lube blenders and discusses how to nurture such work.

Market forces continued to pull prices in different directions in Asia, with tighter supplies of some grades supporting steady-to-firm prices, and len ...

Lingering uncertainties continued to impact lubricant and finished products demand in Asia, and this, in turn, affected base oil consumption, as buyer ...

SK Enmove entered into a joint venture with auto parts maker Gabriel India to distribute the Korean company’s range of automotive lubricants and ...