A high-ranking Sri Lanka official recently called for the country to do away with rules that make it more difficult to import lubricants.

Lubricants bearing German and English names are becoming more common in China, but some products are not as foreign as they appear to be.

The agency seems adamant that most chlorinated paraffins need to go away. A coalition of industry groups is gearing up to challenge that threat.

Deadlines for meeting OSHAs Globally Harmonized System for product labels wont budge, but some enforcement relief may be seen. Are DOT labels your nex ...

Despite the fact that the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals and the Biocidal Products Regulation have been in force for many yea ...

Russian police confiscated nearly 6,000 liters of counterfeit motor oil in a raid in Nizhny Novgorod as part of a bigger anti-counterfeiting crackdown ...

The Federal Trade Commission approved a final consent order against BMW of North America for hinging warranties for its Mini passenger cars on the use ...

South Koreas grace period for companies that failed to perform a mandated assessment of chemicals they supply will expire Nov. 21.

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Congress may finally pass reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act next week, American Chemistry Council lobbyist Rudy Unde ...

Impending changes in European regulations may sharply reduce permissible levels of lead in steel, aluminum and copper alloys as soon as January 2017. ...

New Zealands antitrust regulator has settled on a resolution to proceedings against a waste oil collection division of EnviroWaste over alleged anti-c ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday a postponement of about a year to the beginning of a ban on production and import of mid- ...

Taiwans Intellectual Property Court ruled in favor of Austrian energy drink manufacturer Red Bull AGs trademark infringement claim against lube suppli ...

Tianhe Chemicals reported Thursday that the auditor of its 2014 financial results resigned after failing to reach a resolution with directors over que ...

Steve Swedberg gets to the bottom of an uptick in automotive oil consumption lawsuits.

Tanzanias government introduced a 10 percent per gallon duty on base oils imported into Tanzania, with an additional 1.5 percent railway levy duty. Th ...

The Russian government further lowered its lubricant export tax, due to low average crude oil prices on international markets in July and August. The ...

Two competitors have filed objections to Z Energys planned takeover of Chevron New Zealand, which sells Caltex branded fuels and lubricants.

Safety-Kleen will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $90,000 penalty to resolve violations of federal oil pollution prevention regulations ...

Manila officials toured the Pandacan depot recently to check the progress of three oil firms under a Philippines Supreme Court order to vacate it.