Spain’s lubricant consumption dropped 13% to 397,074 metric tons in 2020, according to Sigaus, a non-profit entity that manages used lubricants in t ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association published a long-awaited update to its passenger car engine oil specifications on April 30 – more ...

The first quarter of 2021 was bullish for two of the world’s largest lubricant suppliers, BP’s Castrol unit and Fuchs Petrolub SE. Castrol doubled ...

Researchers at an Austrian university have found lubricating properties in a two-dimensional nanomaterial, mXene, they announced last week. The materi ...

Turkish lubricant marketers are preparing for new government regulations that mandate including rerefined base stocks in the manufacture of finished l ...

Metalworking fluids supplier Quaker Houghton announced today a joint venture with Grindaix GmbH, a Germany-based, high-tech provider of coolant contro ...

German lubricant and aftermarket additive maker Liqui Moly said its profits and sales for the first quarter were the same as in 2020’s first quarter ...

Russia’s base oil exports by rail increased 15% in March compared to February, primarily driven by the tight base oil market in Europe for multiple ...

A new automaker organization is proposing a global framework for industry performance specifications for lubricants and other fluids, stating a desire ...

Total has decided to permanently close a base oil plant at its refinery in Gonfreville, France, as part of a project to overhaul the Normandy complex. ...

The outlook of lubricant marketers and distributors in Russia improved significantly from December to March, according to the latest survey conducted ...

AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s market for small and medium growth companies, today issued a notice cancelling trading of United Kingdom-based tran ...

Two units that are key to an upgrade project reach Gazprom Neft’s base oil plant in Omsk, Russia, last week culminating a complex and multi-phase jo ...

France’s lubricant consumption fell by more than 10% in in January, compared to the same month in 2020, ending a streak of five consecutive months o ...

Chemical company BRB International announced last week the groundbreaking for a lubricant additive factory that it will operate Echt, Netherlands – ...

Brexit Outcomes The U.K decreed that it would finally leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. This date would allow for a transition period of eleven months ...

Repsol said recently that a joint venture strategy has helped its lubricant business grow by 40% over the past five years. The Spain-based company add ...

A finished lubricant blending facility was installed late last year at the site of Russia’s only polyalphaolefin plant and promptly leased to Taif L ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE opened a polyurea lubricating grease factory at its Kaiserslautern, Germany, site, the company announced last week. The new facility ...

Ukraine Railways is facing difficulties obtaining finished lubricants after some marketers failed to fulfill call-off contracts and other pre-qualifie ...