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U.S. biofuel producers boost feedstock use as corn, soybean oil rise

U.S. biofuel producers burned 30.193 billion pounds of feedstock in March, led by 26.594 billion pounds of corn and a bigger pull on soybean oil.

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Ingredion to buy Tate & Lyle in £3.7 billion cash deal

Ingredion agreed to pay 595 pence a share for Tate & Lyle in a £3.7 billion cash deal that would create a $9.9 billion specialty ingredients group.

Ambu expands recycling program to bioplastic laryngoscopy blades

Ambu added bioplastic SureSight blades to its Recircle Program, widening a take-back system that already covers its single-use endoscopes.

German design students turn coffee waste into compostable cup sleeves

German design students turned used coffee grounds into GoBean, a sleeve that composts in about three weeks and targets disposable cup waste.

Jain Irrigation launches large-scale farm waste-to-energy project in Jalgaon

Jain Irrigation’s Jalgaon plant is turning more than 50 tonnes of crop residue a day into 90 MWh of heat and nearly 12 tonnes of biochar.

Jun 8, 2026·2 min read

Biofuel economics make rapeseed more attractive than soft wheat

German rapeseed forward contracts reached just under €492 a tonne, widening the wheat spread to 1:2.7 and tilting acreage toward oilseeds.

Jun 8, 2026·2 min read

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ePURE elects Alarik Sandrup as president amid EU energy push

ePURE picked Lantmännen’s Alarik Sandrup for a two-year term as Brussels readies a new fight over ethanol’s place in EU energy policy.

Jun 8, 2026·2 min read

JAL begins Yamagata trial of rice bran biodiesel for airport vehicles

JAL has put rice bran byproduct biodiesel into a baggage tractor at Yamagata Airport, testing whether a local waste stream can become a repeatable airport fuel.

Jun 7, 2026·2 min read

FutureFuel’s chemicals-first model helps it ride biodiesel market swings

FutureFuel's chemicals business lets it idle biodiesel when margins crack, then restart when policy and spreads improve.

Jun 7, 2026·4 min read

DAB.bio targets biotech scale-up costs with continuous fermentation platform

DAB.bio says FAST can cut biomanufacturing unit costs by 30% to 50% as it scales from a 500-liter pilot to about 100 m3.

Jun 7, 2026·5 min read

Biodiesel producers face volatility as policy shifts squeeze margins

U.S. biodiesel plants are being pushed toward flexible feedstocks, switchable assets and policy-backed outlets as tax-credit uncertainty and weak margins hit output.

Jun 7, 2026·5 min read

BHP trials waste-based biofuel blend on Australia-China shipping route

BHP and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation ran a used-cooking-oil and waste-fat blend on the Berge Lyngor between Australia and China. The test probes multi-feedstock marine fuel logistics.

Jun 6, 2026·2 min read

Biofuel Expo 2026 spotlights India’s expanding clean fuels industry

Biofuel Expo 2026 brings India’s ethanol, biodiesel and biogas build-out onto one floor, with 200 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors chasing scale, equipment and capital.

Jun 6, 2026·5 min read

Holland Industrial sets June 3 auction for Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels assets

Holland Industrial put Fulcrum Sierra’s former plant assets on the block with more than $200 million in equipment and site work, exposing the wreckage of a waste-to-fuels bet.

Jun 6, 2026·2 min read

China becomes the center of global nuclear reactor construction

China now has 37 reactors under construction and nuclear’s share of power has climbed to 4.47%, putting a new clean-power benchmark in front of liquid fuels.

Jun 6, 2026·2 min read

U.S. biofuels face feedstock squeeze as mandates tighten supply

Mandates and 45Z are tightening the hunt for low-carbon oils, leaving UCO, tallow and distillers corn oil as the industry's scarcest molecules.

Jun 5, 2026·5 min read

Japan races to collect used cooking oil for SAF expansion

Japan can collect only about 550,000 kilolitres of used cooking oil, far below the 1.7 million kilolitres it says it needs for SAF by 2030.

Jun 5, 2026·2 min read

Rhoads Energy builds biodiesel terminal to speed cleaner fuel delivery

Rhoads Energy broke ground on a rail-linked biodiesel terminal that will move 100% biodiesel into trucks and open in late July.

Jun 5, 2026·2 min read

Goa drafts first policy to turn used cooking oil into biodiesel

Goa drafted its first UCO-to-biodiesel policy after generating about 9 lakh kg of waste oil in four and a half years. The plan hinges on collection, enforcement and local processing.

Jun 4, 2026·2 min read