The Netherlands was the European Union (EU)’s leading biodiesel exporter in the first nine months of last year, according to Eurostat data reported by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).

Process technology specialist Topsoe has been selected to provide its HydroFlex technology for Swedish fuel company Preem’s renewable fuels plant near Lysekil.

A Pennsylvania jury has ordered German chemical giant Bayer’s Monsanto unit to pay more than US$2.2bn to a former Roundup user who claimed his cancer was caused by the weedkiller, Bloomberg reported.

Global agribusiness giant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) is working with Thai firm Bangkok Produce Merchandising (BKP) on a deforestation-free soyabean supply chain project.

Grain and oilseed shipments transported via the Suez Canal in December dropped by 20% compared to the previous month, World Grain reported an International Grains Council (IGC) analyst as saying.

Chemical company LG Chem and Enilive – a company directly controlled by Italian multinational energy company Eni, which holds 100% of its share capital – have signed a joint venture agreement to develop and operate a new biorefinery in South Korea.

Soyabean crushing in Argentina dropped to its lowest level in 19 years in 2023, according to data from the country’s Rosario grains exchange (BCR) reported by AgriCensus.

Speciality chemical company Evonik has manufactured its first batch of biosurfactants from its industrial-scale plant in Slovakia, ahead of schedule.

Transits via the Panama Canal fell by 4.3% in March compared to the previous month driven by a decline in dry bulk shipping, according to data published by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) reported by Freight Waves.

UK-based biodiesel supplier Greenergy has completed expansion works at its plants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and on Teesside in the UK.

Istanbul-based tanker operator Palmali has plans to increase its shipments of Ukrainian sunflower oil, the company’s chairman was quoted as saying in a report by Reuters.

Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched daily prices for German hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

New York has become the first US state to introduce legislation restricting the use of neonicotinoids – also known as neonics – in seeds, Bio News wrote.