US biofuels and renewable chemicals company Aemetis announced on 10 January that it had completed a two-year upgrade of its Kakinada, India biodiesel and glycerine plant.

Algae World Inc, USA, is planning to build an indoor algae growth facility in Bangladesh focusing on pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and biodiesel.

The food and agribusiness sector in China will continue to be volatile in 2019 as it faces a slowing economy beset with uncertainties, including US-China trade negotiations, tightening consumer wallets and manufacturing slowdown, according to a new report from RaboResearch.

China’s approval of DowDuPont’s Enlist 3 soyabean for import will put German chemical company Bayer AG on the defensive, analysts say.

Chinese agribusiness giant COFCO International has closed its Argentine edible oil processing plant as it struggles with the effects of country’s recession and the US-China trade war, Bloomberg reports.

Monsanto’s ongoing battle in India to uphold its patent on GM cottonseed has been referred to the Single Judge Bench of the High Court, who will rule on patentability after hearing expert evidence.

France’s decision to increase biofuel blending in regular motor vehicle fuel from 7.5% to 7.9% in 2019 and 8.2% in 2020 has been welcomed by French liquid chemicals firm Global Bioenergies.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill reported a 20% fall in net earnings in its 2019 second quarter with oilseeds its only business sector to enjoy a strong result.

The International Congress for Renewable Mobility "Fuels of the Future" will start its 17th round on 20-21 January 2020.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has agreed to eliminate trans fatty acids (TFAs) from industrial food production by 2025 to reduce cardiovascular disease.

The Netherlands is considering ending the double-counting of used cooking oil (UCO) to reach EU targets for renewable energy blending in the transport sector as a criminal investigation into a Dutch biodiesel firm continues, EURACTIV reported on 12 September.

Swiss multinational food and drink giant Nestlé will be using the OpenSC blockchain platform to allow customers to track their food back to the farm.

The International Olive Council (IOC) has informed the EU that the threshold for safely consuming the potentially carcinogenic process contaminant 3-monochloropropane diol ester (3-MCPDE) is 1.25mg/kg.