The European Chemicals Agency started public consultation March 9 on eight proposed substances proposed for designation as being of very high concern, ...

A year and a half after a fire at a local lubricant additive factory, the northern France city of Rouen has adopted a system that will use SMS alerts ...

German independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE announced on March 12 a joint venture in Egypt with longtime partner Alhamrani Group of Saudi ...

Rosneft increased its sales of packaged lubricants sales by 13% in 2020 and expanded distribution in Russia and abroad, the company announced last wee ...

Lubricant sales in France in 2020 were virtually unchanged from the previous year, according to new data from an industry association, as volumes cons ...

Europe installed 14.7 gigawatts of new wind energy capacity in 2020, 6% less than was installed in 2019, according to statistics released recently by ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE, the world’s largest independent lubricant supplier, reported today that its profits fell 3% in 2020 – and that management consi ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants boosted the production capacity of its Moscow lubricants blending plant by 50% and introduced a significant level of automation ...

German lubricant and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly reported that net sales increased during 2020 but that its profit saw a steep declin ...

A survey of Russian motorists found genuine engine oils of two Japanese automakers and French independent Motul’s brand ranked highest for customer ...

Perhaps more than other regions, base oil supply in Europe and the Middle East has been severely constrained since the end of 2020. Industry insiders ...

The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association in Germany last week urged the European Commission to change course on the development of Euro 7, argu ...

Belarus has decided effectively to bypass Latvia and Lithuania as its main reloading ports for petrochemical exports, including base oils and lubrican ...

A group of 20 employees at Lukoil’s Volgograd refinery – which has a lubricant blending plant – was accused last week of stealing motor oil thro ...

Lubricant demand in Spain fell 12.7% in 2020 due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, based on data compiled by the Spanish Lubricants Association. ...

Ukraine is bracing for limited availability of key base oil products through this summer as plants in Russia and Belarus start regular maintenance cyc ...

United Kingdom-based transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group Plc continues working on a refinancing package for its plant in the United States, but i ...

Lukoil last week commissioned a new API Group II base oil plant at its refinery in Volgograd, Russia. The 10 billion ruble (U.S. $132 million) investm ...

Bergman & Beving’s Tools & Consumables division acquired all shares in fellow Swedish company Germa AB, which develops and manufactures equipment fo ...

Picture a refinery and you probably think of the endless industrial landscape of the Texas Gulf Coast, not the rolling hills and pine forests of Anato ...