Lubricant demand volumes in Sri Lanka shrank 0.3 percent in 2018, while the sales value of those products rose 3.1 percent, according to a market repo ...

China is likely to churn out more lubricant brands before potential consolidation of the industry, even amid a lack of growth, said experts at an even ...

Chinese domestically produced BEVs are still selling well amidst falling conventional engine sales and cheaper alternative fuel models on the market. ...

WeChat has been an effective tool to boost sales in Chinas changing lubricants market - especially among younger customers - for one lube distributor ...

Balmer Lawrie reported a decrease in operating profit, Tide Water Oil posted a decline in standalone net profit and net profit was up for both Maximus ...

Japans lubricant demand for full-year 2019 is expected to fall by 1.4 percent to 1.4 million metric tons, according to a recent press release by the P ...

Japan's Adeka Corp. will complete an expansion of its lubricant additive plant this month, and seeks to expand sale of its engine oil additives to the ...

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange refused to say Wednesday whether it intends to boot Tianhe Chemicals from the exchange after the lubricant additive suppl ...

A consultant told an industry conference in Mumbai, India, Wednesday that lubricant companies can benefit from crude oil price volatility if they carr ...

New emissions standards loom for China and India, and both markets could encounter problems related to availability of compliant fuels and engine oil ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. expects to commission in 2022 a 270,000 metric tons per year base oil plant that will mostly produce API Group III stocks at its ...

Sasol Ltd. opened its alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, China, last week, expanding its production of surfactants, some of which are used to make lubrica ...

The worlds largest auto market is on the verge of implementing the worlds strictest emission regulations. This could have a major impact on the develo ...

Japans introduction of an ultra-low viscosity passenger car motor oil specification, GLV-1, in October will drive demand for base oils with a higher v ...

Balmer Lawrie & Co. opened a new industrial packaging plant that manufactures steel drums last month in Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat, to s ...

Japans domestic lubricant sales volumes fell by more than 10 percent in 2018, but exports increased by 30 percent, according to data released recently ...

Diesel engine oils of obsolete API CF-4 service category and below still dominate Asias major commercial vehicle markets - China, India and Indonesia ...

Malaysian company Hyrax Oil plans to open a lubricant blending plant next week at an oil terminal in Muthurajawela, Sri Lanka.

A new coal-to-liquids plant in Chinas Shanxi province is making Group III+ bright stock - a feat that may be a first, say industry analysts.

Lubricating grease production in China appears to have continued its decline in 2018, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes yearly s ...