Sinarmas Cepsa (SCPL) is expanding production of bio-based chemicals at its site in Lubuk Gaung, Indonesia.

Malaysia’s OCiKumho Sdn Bhd held a groundbreaking ceremony for a RM1.7bn (US$373,436M) epichlorohydrin (ECH) plant at the Samalaju Industrial Park in Bintulu on 2 November.

The Black Sea Grain export corridor deal has been extended for 120 days just before it was due to expire on 19 November, AgriCensus reported from an official statement from the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure.

A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecast that global biofuel consumption could more than double by 2030 and continue to increase until 2050, Ethanol Producer magazine wrote.

Global chemicals company Huntsman has launched a visco-elastic foam with a vegetable oil content of up to 20% for moulded acoustic components in the car industry, Plastics Today wrote.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Ukrainian government to increase support for the country’s farmers.

Soyabean production in China is expected to reach a near-record level of 19M tonnes in the 2022/23 marketing year due to higher yields, according to a report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Renewable diesel consumption is set to overtake biodiesel in the USA for the first time this year, representing a milestone not just for the domestic fuel sector but also for global edible oil markets, Reuters wrote.

Less than 250,000 tonnes of sunflowerseed products left Ukraine under the Black Sea Grains export deal agreed on 22 July up to end of the 2021/22 marketing year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Renewable product developer Stora Enso’s new pilot bioplastics plant in Flanders, Belgium, is due to start production by the end of the year.

Negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine to extend a deal securing Kyiv’s grain exports via its Black Sea ports before it expires on Saturday, the Financial Times reported.

Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem is set to expand its production of biopolymers from sugarcane.

A group of more than 25 countries at the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, have launched a group to hold each other accountable for a pledge to end deforestation by 2030 and announced billions of dollars to finance their efforts, Reuters reported.