Prista Recycling expects to stream base oil at its rerefinery in Uzbekistan by October, the Bulgarian refiner told Lube Report last week. The base oil ...

Engine lubricants can help provide fuel economy improvements that are becoming bigger priorities for Asian governments, including India. But that will ...

This month will see the startup of a new, privately owned polyalphaolefin plant in China. By early July, say officials with Naco Lubrication Co. Ltd., ...

Seeing an open door to the world's lubricant markets, these young additive companies are eager to expand their reach beyond China's borders.

Indias tractor market is the worlds largest, and some analysts say it will continue expanding at healthy rates for the foreseeable future, bringing tr ...

Operating performances of South Korean lubricant businesses have improved lately, helping them regain their luster in stock listings.

BASF and Sinopec will build a neopentylglycol plant at their joint venture petrochemicals complex in Nanjing, China. NPG is used as a building block i ...

British packaging manufacturer RPC Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Ace Corp. Holdings Ltd., a manufacturer of injection mold tools and components. ...

Diesel engine oils are the largest category of automotive lubricants in India, and they are evolving quickly. A Gulf Oil official said recently that t ...

Castrol India Ltd.s profit dropped 19 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Net profit after taxes was Rs 100.2 crores (U.S. $17.2 million) for the th ...

A provincial court in India has approved Gulf Oil Corp.s decision to carve its lubricants operations into a separate business.

India is importing enormous volumes of base oils, and those imports are helping the market to raise the quality of its finished lubricants.

New vehicle sales in India rose 3.5 percent in the fiscal year ended March 31, the Indian Society of Automobile Manufacturers reported last month. But ...

China will continue to tighten regulations limiting emission of air pollutants, creating challenges for automakers and lubricant suppliers alike, an o ...

China Rerun Chemical Group reported sharp improvements in sales and profits for the first half of its fiscal year. Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. said profits fo ...

Evonik said last week that it has moved and expanded its lubricant additives technology center in Japan. The new facility, located in the eastern city ...

The seasons first earnings reports showed positive trends for Asian lubricant players for the initial quarter of 2014. S-Oil and SKs base oil and lubr ...

In an engine oil market like China, where many consumers prefer famous brands, there is little room for small, local suppliers. But Nanjing-based Lopa ...

The heady growth of recent years may be gone for now, but industry insiders remain upbeat about India's lube market. Speakers at a conference said the ...

The Pakistan Economy Forum has accused the nations Customs Service of acting arbitrarily by setting U.S. $1.28 per liter as the benchmark value on whi ...