Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp. reported higher sales of specialty lubricants and slightly higher sales of synthetic oils for ...

Domestic vehicles sales in Japan last year were down slightly from 2020 and remained well behind 2019, according to data released by the Japanese Auto ...

South Korea exported more than 400,000 metric tons of base oil at a value of more than $425 million in December, marking the fourth consecutive month ...

Sales of new light vehicles in the United States slipped 3% to 14.9 million units in 2021, as several factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic and glo ...

After years of reduced production, Mexico’s government wants state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos to raise its output of base oil, part of a strategy to ...

U.S. Lubricants purchased a lube blending facility in Baltimore, Maryland, from BP, the company announced this week. U.S. Lubricants, which is based i ...

Lubricant demand in France was up year over year in November 2021 for the first time since August and only the second time since May, lifted by substa ...

A recent survey of Russian motorists found that Shell, Lukoil and ExxonMobil were the most recognized motor oil brands in 2021, the same results as in ...

Passenger car registrations in the European Union declined 2% to 9.7 million units in 2021, despite the record low base of comparison of 2020, due to ...

Surging electric vehicle sales in the United Kingdom in 2021 has made future demand for automotive lubricant uncertain, says the country’s lubricant ...

Malaysia aims to fully switch to B20 diesel by the end of this year, according to a Reuters report, completing a transition that was originally schedu ...

The falling costs for wind energy turbines in China, where high coal prices have caused a number of power shortages during 2021, could represent a gro ...

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Chemsolv Inc., a Virginia-based regional distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, including ...

Chemical manufacturers in the United States reported that supply chain disruptions are persisting and in some cases worsening, causing them to incur s ...

WD-40 Co. reported net income of $18.6 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, a 21% decrease from $23.6 million in the same period in 2020. The compa ...

Residents in proximity to Lubrizol’s lubricant additive plant in Rouen, France, experienced elevated incidence of mood disorders such as anxiety and ...

China recently halted land-based import of a variety of Russian products, including finished lubricants, after authorities found COVID-19 virus on som ...

Researchers at two China universities said recently that nano-copper particles show early promise to become part of a new generation of industrial lub ...

A leading fuel retailer in southern Vietnam is dipping its toe into the lubricants business as it searches for ways to continue growing. NSH Petro pla ...

Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd.’s profit jumped more than ten-fold for its fiscal year ended in mid-2021, thanks to a resumption of its sporadic ba ...