Brazil, Russia, India and China have little in common, but the economic performance of these countries is of prime importance to the lubricants indust ...

Base stock production in Japan rose 3.6 percent in 2013 to 2.5 million kiloliters, according to data released recently by the countrys Ministry of Eco ...

The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization is working on a two-year schedule to update specifications for both two- and four-stroke motorcycle eng ...

The practice of selling counterfeit lubricants appears to be alive and well in China. Authorities say supply chains of criminals are widening and that ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., a Japanese petroleum giant, signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture with Indian lubricant manufac ...

Competition appears to be heating up in South Korea's lubricant market with Hyundai Oilbank's entry into the scene. The refiner is still ramping up it ...

Consumers in the Indian state of Delhi pay a significant price for a 21 percent value added tax that the government assesses on lubricants. Lubricant ...

LONDON – SK Lubricants, unlike most other industry players, predicts an API Group III base oil deficit by 2017, and will expand Group III+ outpu ...

The bazaar may be an ancient part of commerce in India, but the countrys lubricant industry appears to be discovering it once again. Insiders say supp ...

Chinese demand for machine tools will grow more than 9 percent annually for the next four years, according to forecasts by a United States industry re ...

South Koreas demand for lubricating oil is projected to increase slightly to 917,137 metric tons in 2014, according to a report by the Korea Lubricati ...

A new player is scheduled this year to join the ranks of South Korean base oil suppliers. An API Group II plant being built by Hyundai Oilbank and She ...

Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. held a ceremony last week marking the start of construction for a lubricant packaging plant in Lahore, Pakistan. The facility ...

Lubricant marketers in India have begun working harder to cultivate positive images for their products. Analysts say suppliers are trying various stra ...

Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. plans to construct a blending plant in or near Chennai, India. Officials say the business will also augment an existing plant in S ...

New auto sales in China topped 20 million units for the first time in 2013, solidifying the countrys status as the worlds largest market. Sales of new ...

In a recent test by China Consumer Report magazine, Kunlun Tianyuan engine oil caused more engine-clogging deposits than four other leading synthetic ...

Lubricant marketer China Rerun Chemical reported that gross profits for the 12 months ended Aug. 31 increased 22 percent compared to the previous year ...

Gulf Oil Corp. shareholders on Thursday gave a ringing endorsement to managements proposal to carve out the companys lubricant business. In a court-or ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has effectively imposed a steep tax hike on lubricants by removing them from the list of items subject to its value ...