Russia imported 227,000 passenger cars in the first half of 2023 – more than tripling the amount in the same period last year – and around 75% cam ...

Germany’s demand for finished lubricants fell 21% in April, the second straight month with a decrease of 20% or more, according to data released by ...

Finished lubricant demand in France dipped in May by 14%, according to data released last week by the Paris-based Professional Lubricants Center, the ...

South Korea exported 5% less base oil than in the same month of last year, and the reported value of those exports dropped 24%, a government agency re ...

With a price index for API Group II 150 neutral base oils under its belt, the Shanghai Lubricant Trade Association is now in discussion with China Nat ...

Ireland is falling short of its sustainability goals, but changes to livestock populations may help to tilt the scales.

Retail sales of greases and lubricants at select United States automotive retail chains rose 17%, and transmission fluid sales rose 11% for the 52-wee ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean, owner of North America’s second-largest rerefinery, announced today an agreement to be bought by private equity firm J.F. Le ...

Additech, a lubricant additive joint venture between the Russian and Belarus oil majors Lukoil and Naftan, expanded its production capacity to 40,000 ...

Sentuo Group is scheduled to begin commissioning its new refinery in Tema, Ghana, next month, bringing sub-Saharan Africa a step closer to again havin ...

Shell said last month that it will sell its controlling stake in Shell Pakistan Ltd., divesting a lubricants business that is among the country’s bi ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported a 9% increase in first quarter sales revenue for its lubes segment despite a 6% decrease in sales v ...

In step with central government goals for a wide range of sectors, China’s lubricant industry is in a hurry to develop domestic replacements for imp ...

Base oil exports from the United States rose 11%, and imports increased 18% in April, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Admini ...

Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso Corp. reached a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility in the Ca ...

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils increased 18% in 2022, while imports of the same products climbed 38%, according to ...

After it sold a refinery in Italy, a Romanian official speculated recently that Russian oil major Lukoil could sell its assets in Romania, too, due to ...

Aug. 14 is the deadline for comments on a European Chemicals Agency draft opinion on a proposal to restrict medium-chain chlorinated paraffins and oth ...

The march of China companies stepping into the polyalphaolefin business continues, as acrylic acid producer Satellite Chemical recently disclosed plan ...

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has updated its JASO T 903 performance specification for four-stroke motorcycle engine oils, incorporatin ...