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  • Middle East and North Africa’s Commodity Importers Hit by Higher Prices

    Middle East and North Africa’s Commodity Importers Hit by Higher Prices0

    Higher commodity prices, propelled upwards by war in Ukraine, will have a significant economic impact on the region.

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  • Multinationals’ Exit Strategic Alignment0

    Cape Town, South Africa: Multinational oil corporations are exiting the African lubricant market as part of strategies to streamline business operations and ensure efficiency and profitability, stakeholders told BND at the 10th ICIS African Base Oils and Lubricant Conference in Cape Town. Siva Konar, Marketing Segment Manager, Middle East and Africa at Azelis, said that major

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  • Headwinds Hem in Nigerian Lubricant Market0

    Cape Town, South Africa: Insecurity, currency fluctuation, and logistic challenges are limiting the expansion of the Nigerian lubricant market into the West African sub-region, said stakeholders of the Nigerian lubricant at the 10th ICIS African Base Oils and Lubricant Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. “There is a lot of growth in West Africa,” said

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  • Africa has no dumping ground for lubricants

    Africa has no dumping ground for lubricants0

    Cape Town, South Africa: The African lubricant market is not a dumping ground for lubricants that are not fit-for-purpose, said stakeholders at the 10 th ICIS African Base Oils and Lubricant Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. “Lubricant oils that do not meet minimum quality standards should not be allowed into the African continent,” said

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  • No Cause for Concern Over Shell’s Exit

    No Cause for Concern Over Shell’s Exit0

    No Cause for Concern Over Shell’s Exit

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  • Dangote Refinery Not Designed for Local Base Oils Consumption

    Dangote Refinery Not Designed for Local Base Oils Consumption0

    By Our Reporter Nigeria’s Dangote Oil Refinery was not designed to meet local base oils challenges, stakeholders in the Nigerian lubricant market told B&L. “Well, any economic development that will affect the general well-being of Nigerians will likely improve the uptake of lubricants,” Taiye Williams, managing director of Lubcon International, told B &L. “I would

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  • Forex, Base Oil Prices Beset Nigerian Lubricant Market0

    Forex, Base Oil Prices Beset Nigerian Lubricant Market By Our Reporter Stakeholders have identified instability in the foreign exchange market and rising base oils prices on the international market as headwinds buffeting the Nigerian lubricant market. Taiye Williams, managing director of Lubcon International emphasised that the major challenges confronting the Nigerian lubricant market are issues

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