Some Idemitsu Kosan shareholders are seeking a court injunction to stop the company from issuing new shares that would help finance its merger with Sh ...

Indias lube suppliers have long relied on local storage hubs for most sales across the country, but at least some are set to begin consolidating depot ...

Japans sales of base oils used in the production of lubricants rose about half a percentage point in 2016 to approximately 2.1 million metric tons, du ...

South Korean police arrested a chemical products distribution trio that allegedly sold the military fake specialty lubricants thought to have caused m ...

Fujian Jinrong Energy Technology broke ground on a base oil rerefinery that will use proprietary technology co-developed by the firm and Chinese partn ...

Chinas base oil capacity has expanded significantly in recent years, but at least some refiners are now producing well below capacity. In the short te ...

India will become a common market after it implements its Goods and Services Tax system in July, and lubricant suppliers anticipate a complex transiti ...

A competition regulator imposed a penalty of 870 million rupees (U.S. $13.5 million) on South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co.s Indian unit for anti ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.s lube sales jumped approximately 9 percent in the fiscal year, thanks to its focus on the bazaar segment and strong bra ...

Tired of waiting for the U.S. and Europe to catch up, Japanese automakers are racing down the viscosity hill with their own specification for SAE 0W-8 ...

Several lubricant, grease and specialty oil suppliers in India doubled and even quadrupled income in their fourth quarters compared to the year before ...

Sasol Ltd. broke ground last week on an expansion of its alkoxylation plant in Chinas Jiangsu province that it will use in part to manufacture surfact ...

Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. is investing 900 million (U.S. $8 million) to expand one of its two additive plants in Japan by October, a spokesman to ...

Jiangxi Hua Hang Petro, a Chinese lube trader based in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, will begin producing lubes at a local facility by the end of this m ...

Two of Japans top metalworking fluid providers said recently that with domestic automobile production and die-casting industries stagnant, their growt ...

Indias GP Petroleums Ltd. reported a 4.7 percent increase in net profit in its fourth quarter. The United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Petrochem Group uni ...

Tianhe Chemicals Group said Thursday that Hong Kongs securities regulator ordered a halt in the trading of the Chinese lube additive suppliers shares ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. expects to maintain its growth momentum going forward, thanks to its new blending plant in Chennai and the companys foc ...

China recently introduced national standards for greases and lubes used in wind turbines.

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K split its lubricants manufacturing and marketing operations into a wholly-owned subsidiary.