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Poland Demand Dipped in 2023
A worker repairs a loading machine in a copper mine owned by KGHM Polska Miedz in Lubin, Poland. © Dziurek / shutterstock.com

Poland Demand Dipped in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - April 16, 2024

Poland’s demand for lubricants dropped by 1% in 2023 as the country’s economy stagnated, reflecting a broader declin ...

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Lube Report EMEA - November 17, 2020

Custom Content – Within the space of just three years, Valvoline Europe has significantly grown its industrial lubrica ...

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Risks Declared for Two Diphenylamines

Lube Report EMEA - April 16, 2024

A French safety agency has proposed recommending restrictions on the use of two diphenylamines – a category of chemica ...

Drones Attack Taneco Refinery

Drones Attack Taneco Refinery

Lube Report EMEA - April 9, 2024

A Ukrainian drone last week struck the Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which has an API Group II and Group III base oil ...

Lukoil Builds Grease and Additives Plant

Lukoil Builds Grease and Additives Plant

Lube Report EMEA - April 9, 2024

Lukoil broke ground recently on a grease, metalworking fluids and lubricant additives production facility in Volgograd.

Japan Bans Motor Oil Exports to Russia

Japan Bans Motor Oil Exports to Russia

Lube Report Asia - April 5, 2024

Japan’s Cabinet today expanded a ban on exports to Russia, adding 164 items to the list of prohibited items, including ...

Modrica Loss Worsened in 2023

Modrica Loss Worsened in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - April 2, 2024

Rafinerija Ulja Modrica, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leading base oils and lubricants manufacturer, reported a loss of 2 ...

Investment Firm Ups Stake in Prista

Investment Firm Ups Stake in Prista

Lube Report EMEA - April 2, 2024

Bulgarian investment company Alpha Bulgaria Fund recently announced its intention to purchase up to 200,000 shares in Pr ...

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

Lube Report EMEA - March 26, 2024

Rosneft’s refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia, was targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes twice last week, the latest in ...

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Lube Report EMEA - March 26, 2024

Although Germany’s domestic lubricant sales, including process oils, declined 12% in 2023, its 5% increase in December ...

EU Tightening Emissions Limits on Trucks

EU Tightening Emissions Limits on Trucks

Lube Report EMEA - March 19, 2024

The European Parliament adopted automobile emissions rules that tighten emissions limits for heavy-duty vehicles while l ...

Spain Lube Demand Rose in 2023

Spain Lube Demand Rose in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - March 19, 2024

Spain’s lubricant demand rebounded in the second half of 2023 to finish ahead of 2022 levels, the Spain Lubricants Ass ...

Russian Base Oil Exports Keep Falling

Russian Base Oil Exports Keep Falling

Lube Report EMEA - March 19, 2024

Russian base oil exports by sea dropped by 10% in 2023 to 260,000 metric tons, as the European Union imposed an embargo ...

Russian Blender Makes Metal Containers

Russian Blender Makes Metal Containers

Lube Report EMEA - March 12, 2024

Russian lubricant blender United Petrochemicals opened a line that produces metal motor oil containers designed to comba ...

Fuchs Profits, Sales Rose in 2023

Fuchs Profits, Sales Rose in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - March 12, 2024

Independent lubricant blender Fuchs SE reported 9% higher net profit on a 4% increase in sales revenues in 2023, as raw ...

Fire Breaks Out at Port-Jerome Refinery

Fire Breaks Out at Port-Jerome Refinery

Lube Report EMEA - March 12, 2024

The status of base oil production at ExxonMobil’s refinery in Port-Jerome-sur-Seine, France, was unclear after a broke ...

OQ Chemicals Declares Force Majeure

OQ Chemicals Declares Force Majeure

Lube Report EMEA - March 5, 2024

OQ Chemicals yesterday declared force majeure for products manufactured at its Oberhausen, Germany, site – including s ...