Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble aluminium and aluminium alloys hot rolling composition comprising a base stock oil and, based on the total weight of the composition, from 1 to 80% by weight of a combination of: a monoester of a fatty acid with a polyol and a tetraester of a fatty acid with pentaerythritol; the weight monoester:tetraester ratio of said combination ranging from 1:20 to 10:1. The invention also relates to an oil-in-water emulsion, to a hot rolling process and to the use of the oil-in-water emulsion in a hot rolling process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cold rolling process for rolling hard metal or metal alloys, comprising applying an effective amount of an oil composition comprising a base stock oil and, based on the total weight of the composition, from 1 to 80% by weight of di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate. Example of hard base metals include steel and nickel.