The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, one of the foremost lubricant technical associations in North America, announced the launch of ...

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa base oil prices are generally firmer thanks to upticks in demand caused by various factors in each region.

Two of Europe’s important lubricant industry trade groups – ATIEL and UEIL – have formed a joint committee to work on sustainability topics of i ...

Russian new passenger car sales surged to 617,000 units in the first five months of 2024, marking an 81% rebound from slumping sales in the same perio ...

Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International has tied up with United Kingdom-based Iceotope to develop coolants for data centers, becoming the lates ...

Conditions for base oil markets are now diverging across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with availability for API Group I and II oils tightening ...

Uzbekistan’s Saneg said it aims to increase its base oil sales by directly targeting the European market, asserting it has improved the quality of i ...

French biochemical start-up Afyren last week announced completion of several long production cycles to deliver the first commercial volumes of biobase ...

Spain during 2023 rerefined 78% of its collected waste lubricants into base stocks, the non-profit organization charged with managing waste lubricants ...

Tide Water Oil Co. (India) Ltd., owner of the Veedol brand, recently announced it will close its German subsidiary due to the restructuring of its Eur ...

German lubricant maker Eurolub GmbH said it has acquired Bizol, another German lube marketer, to expand its automotive service chemicals products line ...

Base oil trade in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is gathering pace with a few notable exceptions, such as West Africa, where the start of the rain ...

OQ Chemicals announced on May 29 it lifted its force majeure declaration for all products from its German plants in Oberhausen and Marl.

Verbio SE recently started construction of a large-scale ethenolysis plant using rapeseed oil methyl ester at a site in Germany to manufacture large q ...

Base oils have bucked the general pricing trends for petroleum products in recent weeks, with rates for API Group I and II oils showing considerable s ...

South Africa’s Central Energy Fund SOC has finalized an agreement to buy the Sapref oil refinery in Durban, from Shell and BP – transacting a site ...

Russian company Industrial Projects expressed intentions last week to build a lubricant blending plant in the Rostov oblast, according to a May 20 new ...

Sunday’s death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi raised levels of trepidation in the Middle East, leaving players in the region’s base oil market ...

The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza continue to grab the headlines, with Russia making advances into Ukraine territory and Israel seemingly intent on a ...