Kazakhstans government introduced a six-month ban effective July 1 on export of lubricants and other petrochemicals as a measure to stop short supplie ...

Nigerias Department of Petroleum Resources arrested the operator of an illegal lubricant blending plant in Kontagora, Niger State, in northern central ...

States continued their fight against substandard and mislabeled automotive lubricants in the marketplace, as Alabama weights and measures division iss ...

Two of the four Michigan individuals arrested in February on charges of selling mislabeled motor oil were sentenced to one year of probation and a $2, ...

Safety-Kleen agreed to pay $100,000 to settle charges of transporting waste oil from unregistered facilities during 2010-2012 and submitting inaccurat ...

Missouri has banned the sale of several dozen brands of misrepresented motor oil, automatic transmission fluid and antifreeze products. The states Wei ...

Australia will continue to support oil recycling through its consumer-funded rebate program after vetoing a proposal to cut benefits.

The same chemistry that makes fireflies glow can detect microbial growth in your metalworking fluids, and do it faster and cheaper than conventional t ...

As greasemakers eye the next round of EU chemical registrations, some may need to weed out specialty products that dont support the cost of compliance ...

A small drop of grease or oil contains a wealth of information. And if you know what to ask, electronic sensors can reveal what your oils trying to sa ...

A United States District Court in Colorado has ordered a Utah-based bicycle chain lube distributor, Squirt LLC, to stop counterfeiting and marketing i ...

Scientists disagree on how or how much metalworking fluids affect worker health, but theyre finding new tools to solve the puzzle.

Less than a year remains to complete the new passenger car engine oil category - but there are still thorny patches in the path to final approval.

At the May 8 meeting of the Auto-Oil Advisory Panel, held in Detroit, the question of how to label the new GF-6 engine oils for consumers continued to ...

Used grease can be an impenetrable mystery, yielding few clues to its life or equipment condition. It doesnt have to be that way, says a testing exper ...

When metalworking fluids created a massive headache for this automotive component manufacturer, it sought relief in a vegetable oil based coolant.

Canadian and European regulators are all taking whacks at biocide use - and metalworking fluids are feeling the heat.

Long comfortable with used oil analysis, more end users are starting to test in-service greases, too. Here are ideas from some trailblazers in the fie ...

They cant stand up to mycobacteria, and theyre a health concern at any level. Right? An industry expert reviews the use of these antimicrobials in met ...

Following years of fast-track effort, industry is getting a new heavy-duty engine oil specification. Come October, API CJ-4 should be ready to roll.