The expansion of lube manufacturer Chem-Trends European headquarters near Munich will provide facilities and logistics functions for it and fellow Fre ...

Lukoils output of base oils slumped 28.7 percent in 2015 and its sales of finished lubricants dipped 1.8 percent, according to its annual report, but ...

One person was killed and four others injured by an explosion last week at a metalworking fluids and chemicals complex operated by Ivhimprom in Ivanov ...

Russian police raided a facility in southern Moscow that allegedly was producing counterfeit motor oils, according to the citys ministry of internal a ...

An Azeri state investment promotion fund is pitching the idea of a small API Group II and Group III base oil plant to potential investors, according t ...

Gulf Oil International and Boss Oil Ltd. started a lubricant distribution operation in Poland through Gulf Polska, a new joint venture. Gulf Polska wi ...

Russias combined base oil and lubricants production grew just 2 percent in 2015 compared to the year before, as the country entered into its second co ...

Ukraines state railway monopoly Ukrzaliznytsias lubricant supply was disrupted after a court rejected the railways lube supply agreement last week. Ki ...

United Kingdom-based Exol Lubricants will invest in packaging equipment at its Wednesbury, West Midlands facility, to meet increasing demand for the c ...

Europe is teetering at the edge of a decision to ban lead in alloys - a move that would trigger a chain reaction throughout the metalworking industry.

Boris Kamchev reports on Russias flagging lubricants market.

The outlook for the European rerefining industry is resoundingly positive, judging from several presentations at a recent industry conference, despite ...

The Eurasian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification recently introduced a new standard for heavy-duty motor oils that wil ...

Q8Oils, the downstream arm of Kuwait Petroleum International, last week opened its expanded and upgraded 111,000-metric tons per year lube blending pl ...

Suppliers of metal alloys and metal removal fluids are waiting to see if the European Parliament will tighten limits on the use of lead in steel, alum ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants combined sales of base oils and lubricants rose by 11 percent to 528,000 tons in 2015, driven by increased domestic and foreign ...

Clariant recently started up additional capacity for phosphate esters at its chemicals manufacturing site in Gendorf, Germany. Phosphate esters are co ...

Russias largest base oil refiner, Lukoil, produced around 860,000 metric tons of base oils in 2015, down 10 percent from 973,000 tons the year before. ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. on Friday said it suspended its quarterly cash distribution, citing volatility in market conditions and sayin ...

The undeclared war between Russia and Turkey has severely curtailed base oil exports via the Black Sea. This toxic combination of bad politics, poor d ...