China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous other countries that have out ...

Blender Hi-Tech Lubricants reported strong rebounds in net profit and operating profit for its lubricants segment in the quarter ended Sept. 30, while ...

Independent toll blender UMW Lubetech Sdn. has increased its production capacity by more than two-thirds to 60 million liters (54,000 metric tons) per ...

Brazil’s base oil production tumbled down by 56% to its lowest point this year, while its lubricants import volume was up 18% in October, reaching i ...

Chemical company Novvi LLC filed what it described as a voluntary bankruptcy petition Sunday, stating that it intends to repay all outstanding externa ...

U.S. base oil production decreased 4% in September, although naphthenic base oil production experienced a 16% jump in volume, according to U.S. govern ...

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the mineral as hazardous, an indu ...

Russian lubricant producer Sintec Group recently doubled the size of its grease plant, increasing production capacity to 12,000 metric tons per year i ...

A Germany-based leading testing service provider validated a methodology co-developed by the Union of the European Lubricant Industry and the Technica ...

Despite an imminent decline in demand for passenger car motor oil, the North American lubricants market may be on the up and up.

Crude oil price volatility, inflation and global uncertainties were among the factors cited by India lubricant companies for the quarter ended Sept. 3 ...

Citing opportunity in the booming electric vehicle market, Belgium-based Arteco announced recently that it is building a factory to produce coolants a ...

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 3%, while domestic lubricant sales climbed 12% in October, according to data released yesterday ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dropped a plan to invite public comments about rules regarding the collection and treatment of oily waste ...

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras announced Monday that it had terminated the sale of the Lubnor refinery to Grepar Participacoes, claiming that govern ...

United Kingdom-based blender Exol Lubricants Ltd. reported a 12% decline in net profit on a 25% rise in sales for full-year 2022, as price hikes led t ...

Europe’s finished lubricant demand is expected to stagnate during the next few years, affected by the continent’s continued energy crisis and high ...

Finished lubricants demand in Germany, including process oils, fell 21% in September, continuing a year-long trend of monthly decreases, as only trans ...

MJL Bangladesh and Eastern Lubricants Blenders reported large improvements in sales and profits for the quarter ended Sept. 30, though Eastern still r ...

Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China – a project that added produc ...