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The EU and China lead global EV sales, while the U.S. lags behind with the rest of the world, according to tech analysts Canalys.

Lub-rref announced that it will redirect most of the funds from its initial public stock offering to build a second waste oil rerefinery rather than u ...

Hindustan Petroleum Sales Down

September 10, 2021

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its sales of lubricants and greases declined 2% for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, while its lubricants expor ...

Profits Up for Chevron Lanka

September 10, 2021

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported increases in profits and sales for the quarter ending June 30, compared to the same period last year. Colombo-ba ...

Japan’s lubricant consumption and production were both higher in July than in the same period last year and remained ahead of the pace of the same m ...

An independent Chinese refiner and an academic institution have agreed to establish a research center to develop lubricant additives and specialty fin ...

South Korea exported a greater volume of base oils in July, compared to the same month last year, while the declared export value reached its highest ...

GS Caltex’s lube division, Thai Oil Group’s base oil business and KH Neochem’s performance materials segment all reported much higher profits fo ...

Gulf to Explore E-mobility

August 27, 2021

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. signaled in a recent press release that it may move into the e-mobility space. With India’s government seeking to gro ...

A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from their aluminum supply chains.

For the quarter ending June 30, Tide Water Oil reported a decrease in profit, while Gulf Oil Lubricants India, Maximus International, Continental Petr ...

An operator of a chain of automobile maintenance stores announced last week that it has opened one of the largest privately owned lubricant blending p ...

India’s GP Petroleums reported a steeper net loss for the quarter ended June 30, while the lubricants unit of Balmer Lawrie and Savita Oil posted hu ...

BASF and Sinopec last week announced plans to expand their 50-50 joint venture Verbund site in Nanjing, China, to increase capacities of several downs ...

Profits for South Korean base oil refiner SK Lubricants skyrocketed more than 500% for the quarter ended June 30, and profits climbed for Indian lubri ...

Japan’s lubricant consumption and production were both more than 20% higher in June than in the same period last year, while the totals for each in ...

South Korean refiner S-Oil’s base oil business and Hyundai Shell Base Oil both reported large increases in profits and sales revenue for the quarter ...

Although South Korea exported a smaller volume of base oils in June, compared to the same month last year, the declared export value more than doubled ...

Automobile distributor Ifad Group was recently allotted 30 acres in a Bangladesh industrial park where it plans to build a manufacturing complex that ...

SK Lubricants said Wednesday that it has begun making containers from recycled plastics for its top-selling automotive lubes – part of its ongoing e ...