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

China’s Richful Lube Additives Co. reported an 88% jump in net profit for and a 58% rise in sales revenue for the first quarter, compared to the sam ...

France’s finished lubricant consumption fell 13% to 45,297 metric tons in March, pushing demand for the first quarter to a 5% decline, according to ...

The average of light vehicles in the United States rose to 12.5 years at the start of this year, a 3% increase from the average in 2022, and the third ...

U.S. base oil production decreased 5% in April, compared to the same month last year, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data. Output ...

Waste oil collector Slicker Recycling Ltd. acquired competitor Oil Monster for an undisclosed sum in mid-May. The purchase further strengthens Slicker ...

Brazil’s base oil production rose 7%, while its base oil import volume fell 24% and its base oil exports plummeted 38% in May, according to data rel ...

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing an expansion that included a r ...

BP and Shell have decided not to repair their damaged Sapref joint venture, signaling that the Durban, South Africa, refinery – which includes the l ...

A Russian motorist group complained to the central government last week that the country faces a growing shortage of automotive engine oils and qualit ...

Georgia imported almost 8,930 tons of finished lubricants from January through May, up 9% from the same period last year, the country’s Association ...

Although China is on track to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025 – five years ahead of its government’s target year – the current pace a ...

Consumption of finished lubricants in Japan rose 13%, while the country’s lubricants production declined 9%, and lubricant exports tumbled 20% in Ma ...

Chinese lubricants blender Qingdao Copton Tech Co. reported a 12% increase in first quarter net profit, compared to the same period of 2022, and a 68% ...

Sales at United States oil change and lubrication shops rose 11% last year to $7 billion, a joint report by the Auto Care Association and MEMA Afterma ...

North America’s lubricating grease production jumped up 16% in 2022, signaling a further rebounding from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, accor ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced the resolution of three cases in which it identified gear oils that failed to ...

Motul and Valvoline were the top-rated brands in Poland last year according to a survey conducted throughout the year by an automotive service and new ...

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior year, according to the National L ...

Lanka IOC reported a hefty jump in operating profit for its fiscal year ending March 31, boosted by commissioning Sri Lanka’s first local grease pla ...