Global oil giant Shell has announced it will be pausing construction of its 820,000 tonnes/year biofuels facility at the company’s chemicals park in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

The US state of Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) is set to ban medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil in vape pens.

Leading global used cooking oil (UCO) producer China, will run out of waste oil due to demand from Europe and the USA outstripping supply, according to a report by clean transport campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E).

Kinetics Technology (KT) – part of the Maire Tecnimont Group – has been awarded a US$400M project to develop a hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) complex in Hamburg, Germany, for HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie.

Imports of Brazilian tallow into the USA for use in biofuel production surged by 377% in the first four months of this year compared to the previous year, edging out US soyabean farmers, Bloomberg reported.

Leading independent vegetable oils and fats storage, processing and logistics company Koole Terminals Group has announced that it would now be operating under the name Chane.

Global consumer goods giant Unilever is reducing the palm oil content in its soaps in India by 25% as part of a wider strategy to offset volatility in commodity prices and reduce environmental impact, according to a report by the Economic Times.

US agricultural bioscience company Yield10 Bioscience has been granted an exclusive technology licence from UK-based agricultural research institute Rothamsted Research to produce omega-3 products from camelina.

European Union (EU) regulators will make a decision on global agribusiness giant Bunge Global’s proposed acquisition of Glencore-backed Viterra by 18 July, according to a Reuters report citing a European Commission (EC) filing.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) has published an updated fuel specification for marine applications, US trade association Clean Fuels Alliance America (CFAA) reported.

Global agribusiness giant ADM and German chemical company Bayer have extended their regenerative agriculture partnership following the completion of a year-long rapeseed study in Poland, World Grain wrote.

The Turkish government has partially lifted its ban on olive oil exports following intense lobbying from the sector, Olive Oil Times wrote.

Technology provider Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) has announced its ISOTERRA technology has been selected for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project in China.