Lubricants sales have dropped approximately 40 percent in north and central India, partly due to monsoon flooding during July and August, according to ...

Lukoil said it will halt construction of its blending plant in Kazakhstan due to the countrys restrictions on base oil imports and lubricant exports.

North Korean leader Kim Jonguns recent highly publicized visit to a blending plant brought rare attention to the nations lubricant industry.

Major Japanese lubricant companies, Idemitsu Kosan Co. and JX Nippon & Energy Corp., are following Japanese automobile manufacturers expansions in Tha ...

The worlds fifth-largest additives supplier, Tianhe Chemicals, is building a facility that will output API Group II and III base oil.

Balmer Lawries grease and lubricants segment posted a loss for the three months ended June 30, while Sah Petroleums moved back into the black after a ...

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. is preparing to open to open the largest wax plant in India - a 50,000 ton per year facility being built in the northeastern ...

China Rerun Chemical and Liaoning Huachen Petrochemical are discussing potential areas of cooperation, including a merger of the companies equity, Rer ...

Facing up to Japans shrinking lube market, Cosmo Oil Co. announced last week a supply agreement to have its lubricants manufactured by TonenGenerals E ...

Kluber Lubrication and sister company Chem-Trend opened a research and development center near Shanghai, their parent company, Freudenberg Group, anno ...

Lubricant marketer MJL Bangladesh reported a 50 percent jump in its profit for the first half of 2014, while Indias Savita posted a 25 percent drop in ...

The election of Narendra Modi to the post of prime minister was generally viewed as good for Indias economy, and that is considered good news for the ...

South Korea is moving toward implementation of a major chemicals law modeled after the European Unions REACH regulation.

Taken together, the region is dynamic, daunting, fragmented -- a real mixed bag. Get a grip by viewing each country's needs individually, a Lubrizol e ...

The Petroleum Association of Japan forecasts that lubricant demand in Japan will increase 0.5 percent this year to 1,539,000 kiloliters.

Newly formed Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. is scheduled to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Thursday, completing its demerger from Gulf Oil Cor ...

The base oil and lubricant businesses of S-Oil and SK both reported significant improvements in their second quarter financial performance, compared t ...

South Koreas Hyundai Engineering Co. and LG International Co. are in the midst of a broad project to expand capacity for base oil, fuels and other pet ...

Faced with pressure to provide safe products but with little access to food-grade lubricants, some food and beverage processors in China are reportedl ...

KH NeoChem said last week that it had completed a 10 percent expansion of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid at its plant in Yokkaichi, Japan. The chemicals are ca ...