Leading African airline Kenya Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rubis Energy Kenya, a subsidiary of French energy company Rubis Énergie, to develop the first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refinery on the African continent.

The European Union (EU) is expected to approve new rules allowing advanced genetic editing (GE) techniques to be applied to a range of crops, according to an Olive Oil Times report.

Spanish multi-energy company Repsol has started renewable fuel production at its new unit in Puertollano on the Iberian Peninsula.

Urgent action is needed to avert a serious agrifood crisis in the next six to 12 months due to the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Nations (UN)’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.

California-based startup Ruby Bio is planning to introduce fermentation-derived emulsifiers by next year as an alternative to palm oil and petrochemical-based additives, according to an AgFunder News (AFN) report.

The Indonesian government has launched a centralised export system for palm oil, coal and ferro alloys, the Jakarta Globe reported.

Refiners in India shifted to soyabean oil in May as palm oil’s price advantage over competing oils narrowed, according to five dealers quoted in an Economic Times report.

Leading independent oils and fats storage and logistics company Chane has partnered with Peel Ports Group to expand bulk liquid capacity at the Port of Liverpool, UK.

Palm oil producers in Malaysia are scaling back replanting due to rising fertiliser and fuel costs amid elevated vegetable oil prices, The Edge Malaysia wrote.

Energy and infrastructure company Par Pacific Holdings’ renewable fuels facility in Hawaii began commercial operations in April, Biomass Magazine wrote.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture has forecast soyabean imports for the 2026/27 crop year at 95.5M tonnes, down 7.6% from the previous year, Forbes reported.

The USA exported almost 50,000 barrels/day (bpd) of renewable diesel and ‘other biofuels’ – including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) – in the second half of 2025, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

The US House of Representatives has voted to approve changes to the small refinery exemption (SRE) programme, which allows some small oil refineries to avoid part of their obligation to blend renewable fuels or buy renewable fuel credits (RINs), Ethanol Producer wrote.