Leading renewable diesel producer Neste has acquired BV’s Count Terminal Rotterdam from the First Dutch Group, Neste announced on 7 May.

Cooking oil sales in China look set to increase in 2020 due to more people eating at home, the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) reported on 6 May.

EU ethanol producers are warning that a potential influx of cheap US and Brazilian imports threatens their businesses and have urged the European Commission (EC) to protect their industry, Reuters reported on 6 May.

​Leading US ethanol producer Poet is producing hand sanitiser at two of its plants following the collapse of ethanol prices due to a drop in demand for fuel caused by COVID-19 shutdowns, CNBC reported on 7 May.

Biodiesel exports from Argentina have completely halted due to the coronavirus pandemic affecting demand in Europe, the head of th local industry chamber told Reuters on 5 May.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making up to US$100M in competitive grants available to the American renewable fuels industry.

Blockchain technology is being used by Freshstack Technologies to allow end-to-end digital trading among its 23,000 farmers and commodity traders in India.

China’s soyabean imports from the USA in March increased year-on-year following the two countries’ ‘Phase One’ trade deal although Brazil remained its main supplier, AgriCensus reported on 27 April.

Copa-Cogeca has urged the European Commission (EC) to take rapid action to deal with the growing risk of imbalance in the EU protein plant market and its biofuel supply chains.

Malaysian crude palm oil producer FGV Holdings says its output will drop this year due to the effect of the movement control order (MCO) put in place since 18 March to combat COVID-19, The Star reported on 28 April.

Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) has responded to complaints made to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) that it paid bribes to cover up the improper use of protected forest in Indonesia, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Zen-Noh Grain Corp has acquired 35 US interior elevators from Bunge North America, World Grain reported on 22 April.

French vegetable oil and biodiesel company Groupe Avril has temporarily closed some of its production as demand drops due to the COVID-19 pandemic, biofuels-news.com reported on 22 April.