Russia imported 282,000 tons of motor oils in 2022, and more than half of that was shipped from Asia, according to a new study, reflecting the ongoing ...

India’s lubricant market will be a bright spot in the global industry over the next decade, according to a consultant presentation at a recent confe ...

There were contrasting trends in the base oils markets in Asia, with prices for some grades edging up, some remaining unchanged, and others moving dow ...

Aiming to offer replacements for foreign products, Chaoshui Technology Co. last week formally opened a metalworking fluid production facility with cap ...

The quarter ending June 30 brought mixed results for several Indian lubricant companies, as Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. cited positive impacts from ...

The Kazakhstan government extended its ban on on-road exports of a variety of petroleum products including lubricants, according to an order published ...

Finished lubricant consumption in Japan declined 14%, while production of lubricants fell 17% and lubricant exports dropped by 34% in June, according ...

Weaker demand in key markets and ample supplies continued to exert downward pressure on some base oil prices in Asia, but values for other grades have ...

SK Enmove’s base oils and lubricants business and S-Oils base oils and lubricants business both achieved slightly higher profits for the quarter end ...

The Eurasian Economic Union of former Soviet republics updated its technical regulation for lubricants, oils and special fluids, the organization’s ...

Price uncertainties and a hazy lubricant demand outlook were keeping base oil consumers from acquiring large cargoes, as many blenders preferred to ru ...

Tsuno Group, a Japanese chemical company, announced the launch of fatty acid esters made from used cooking oil. The lubricant industry’s use of est ...

Chinese lubricant blender Shengbaolu Petrochemical Co., known as Sarlboro, recently completed construction of and commissioned its second blending pla ...

Japanese specialty lubricant maker Moresco Corp. reported increased sales for its specialty lubricants, boosted by increased automobile production in ...

Russia imported 227,000 passenger cars in the first half of 2023 – more than tripling the amount in the same period last year – and around 75% cam ...

Base oil buyers were reassessing their purchase strategies in view of diverging market conditions. On the one hand, weaker demand and increasing suppl ...

South Korea exported 5% less base oil than in the same month of last year, and the reported value of those exports dropped 24%, a government agency re ...

With a price index for API Group II 150 neutral base oils under its belt, the Shanghai Lubricant Trade Association is now in discussion with China Nat ...

Shell said last month that it will sell its controlling stake in Shell Pakistan Ltd., divesting a lubricants business that is among the country’s bi ...

Slowing demand and the resumption of output at a number of base oil facilities led to mounting supplies in Asia, with spot prices exposed to downward ...