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A new report by Human Rights Watch urges carmakers to do more to reduce impacts on communities and the environment from their aluminum supply chains.

Infineum has signed a contract to acquire ISCA UK’s emulsifiers business unit in a deal securing the Iscamul emulsifier brand and formulation expert ...

Infineum’s Jaquie Berryman was recently elected president of the Additive Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe, vowing ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications said it has resolved a complaint against German automotive parts supplier SCT-Vertriebs ...

The joint venture owners of esters supplier Emery Oleochemicals have agreed to sell the Asia-Pacific portion of that business to a new joint venture b ...

For the quarter ending June 30, Tide Water Oil reported a decrease in profit, while Gulf Oil Lubricants India, Maximus International, Continental Petr ...

Ten percent of the lubricants consumed globally are counterfeit, according to a white paper published last week by the Asian Lubricants Industry Assoc ...

Liqui-Moly’s earnings for the first half of 2021 more than doubled from the same period of 2020, though they remained “noticeably” below levels ...

In response to growing demand, Lanxess is expanding production capacity for light-color sulfur carriers – extreme pressure additives for the lubrica ...

An operator of a chain of automobile maintenance stores announced last week that it has opened one of the largest privately owned lubricant blending p ...

India’s GP Petroleums reported a steeper net loss for the quarter ended June 30, while the lubricants unit of Balmer Lawrie and Savita Oil posted hu ...

BASF and Sinopec last week announced plans to expand their 50-50 joint venture Verbund site in Nanjing, China, to increase capacities of several downs ...

Brazil’s base oil production grew 68% in June and 26% in the first half of this year, compared to the same periods in 2020, and the volumes reached ...

The outlook in the United States for electric vehicles – and the implications for automotive lubricant suppliers – has changed significantly with ...

France’s lubricant consumption grew 20% in May, compared to the same month last year, reflecting continued recovery from a month when COVID-19 restr ...

Nigerian lubricant manufacturers – along with producers of other petroleum products – are breathing easier after a provision that would have restr ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary in Russia sold 6% less lubricants in the country in 2020 due to the negative effects of the pandemic and extended per ...

Since January of 2020, Indonesia has required the content of diesel sold within its borders to be 30% biodiesel by weight – the highest such mandate ...

Profits for South Korean base oil refiner SK Lubricants skyrocketed more than 500% for the quarter ended June 30, and profits climbed for Indian lubri ...

Japan’s lubricant consumption and production were both more than 20% higher in June than in the same period last year, while the totals for each in ...