South America

Moove Posts Higher Profits

November 17, 2021

Cosan’s Moove reported increases in profit and revenue and a decrease in sales volume for the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to last year’s res ...

Passenger car registrations and automotive production in Brazil both dropped in October to the lowest levels for the month in five years, according to ...

September base oil production in Brazil was 22% higher than the same month of last year and was up even more from pre-COVID-19 levels. Despite the inc ...

Brazil’s base oil production jumped 48% in August, compared to the same period last year, and was up by 18% from August 2019’s volume, suggesting ...

ExxonMobil Synthetics today announced plans to expand the production capacity of its metallocene high viscosity polyalphaolefin plant in Baytown, Texa ...

Dwindling base oil production from Brazil’s Landulpho Alves refinery over the last several years suggest its base oil plant could be a candidate for ...

Brazil’s base oil production was up 13% and its base oil import volumes were up by more than 150% in July, compared to the same month last year. Pro ...

Indorama Ventures Public Co., a global chemicals producer based in Thailand, agreed to acquire Brazil-based Oxiteno S.A. Industria e Comercio for $1.3 ...

BR Distribuidora S.A., the largest lubricants distributor in Brazil, is rebranding to become Vibra Energia, the company announced last week. Vibra was ...

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 ...

Royal Dutch Shell on Monday agreed to sell its lubricant business in Brazil to Raizen, the energy company joint venture that has served as its lubes d ...

Brazil’s base oil production in April jumped more than 60% in comparison with the same month in 2020, larger than any year-on-year increase this yea ...

Curacao’s Refineria di Korsou reached an agreement intended to lead to a consortium of local organizations taking over management of the Isla Refine ...

Moove, Cosan’s lubricants arm, reported increases in profit, revenue and sales volume for the first quarter of 2021, building off of a strong end to ...

BR Distribuidora, the largset lubricants supplier in Brazil, has entered an agreement with RefiPampa to blend Lubrax-branded finished lubes for sale i ...

Petrobras on Tuesday extended until the end of July the negotiations completion deadline for the sale of a refinery with a naphthenic base oil plant i ...

Gerdau, Brazil’s largest steel producer, has launched a new company, Gerdau Graphene, to develop products, including lubricants, based on graphene a ...

Passenger car registrations in Brazil declined in December and for full year 2020 due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data release ...

Brazil’s base oil production in February matched output from the same month of 2020 after lagging behind for most of the past year. Meanwhile the co ...

Following a restructuring of its business holdings, Brazilian conglomerate Cosan is reportedly considering an initial public stock offering for its Mo ...