Grease Thickeners

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China Shifts from Lithium Thickeners

June 28, 2024

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the ...

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

June 26, 2024

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, ...

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

June 25, 2024

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest surv ...

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Equinor Joins U.S. Lithium Projects

May 15, 2024

Standard Lithium Ltd. announced a partnership with international energy major Equinor to develop two lithium extraction ...

Podcast 21: the Good News about Lithium Thickeners

Podcast 21: the Good News about Lithium Thickeners

April 24, 2024

Lithium's versatility has made it the go-to for decades, but developing alternatives is now a priority.

Podcast 20: the Bad News about Lithium Thickeners

Podcast 20: the Bad News about Lithium Thickeners

April 3, 2024

In the not-too-distant past, the grease industry had a fair amount of sway when it came to the price of lithium.

The Fundamentals of Grease

The Fundamentals of Grease

April 1, 2024

Explore the building blocks of lubricating greases as well as trends in global grease demand.

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Grease

December 29, 2023

Global production of lubricating grease saw a decrease of nearly 4% from 2021 to 2022, according to the National Lubrica ...

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Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

December 5, 2023

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the ...

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ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

November 15, 2023

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The ...

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Another Lithium Project Planned in Canada

July 12, 2023

Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso Corp. reached a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a lithium hydroxide ...

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Grease Ouput Up in North America, Globally

June 28, 2023

North America’s lubricating grease production jumped up 16% in 2022, signaling a further rebounding from the impacts o ...

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

European Grease Output Nearly Steady in 2022

June 27, 2023

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior yea ...

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Survey: China, India Shift from Lithium Greases

June 23, 2023

Use of lithium soap grease thickeners dropped significantly in China and South Asia in 2022, according to the latest ver ...

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U.S. Focusing on Battery Materials Processing

June 21, 2023

The supply chain for electric vehicles is becoming more central to the United States’ automotive sector, making it cru ...

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Chile to Nationalize Lithium Industry

June 7, 2023

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font unveiled a plan recently to nationalize the country’s lithium industry, declaring ...

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Aussie Lithium Hydroxide Plant Expands

March 10, 2023

Germany’s GEA announced today that it will supply equipment toward expansion of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide proces ...