Aditya Kondalamahanty

Biofuels made from used cooking oil have some of the lowest carbon intensity scores among commercially available feedstocks, and Singapore-based KH Marque, led by founder and CEO Zeng Shu Fei, works at the grassroots to build a transparent and traceable supply chain for biofuel producers.

Dr. Prapisala Thepsithar leads the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation assurance framework for drop-in green fuels initiative. She talks to S&P Global Commodity Insights Senior Editor Aditya Kondalamahanty about the technology and financial barriers to marine decarbonization, as well as the emerging technologies in the space.

Coming from a record year of demand and prices in 2024, a lack of new policy incentives and trade barriers are slowing things down for Asia's biofuel

The global protein and feed markets will have to make some hard decisions in coming days, with participants considering alternative origins and

This is part of the COMMODITIES 2025 series where our reporters bring to you key themes that will drive commodities markets in 2025.

India likely to maintain export curbs on rice until October harvest India's wheat export ban likely to remain in place until March 2025 Lower import duties on vegetable oils extended until 2025 to cur

ICDX chosen as the official partner for the exchange Only crude palm oil futures launched for now by Jakarta Around 40 participants currently registered, say sources Indonesia has launched its crude p

An abundant domestic mustard crop coupled with moderated economic growth and low demand at the shop shelf could dampen vegetable oil markets in India, although a resurgent demand from China and increa

Crude palm futures in Malaysia rose almost 5% and CBOT soybean oil futures spiked in early Asian trade Oct 31 after Russia announced it will no longer be part of the UN brokered grain corridor deal wi

Malaysia’s palm oil inventories are expected to rise to 2.213 million mt in September, reaching their highest level since December 2019, an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey showed Oct. 6.

Indonesia s exports of palm oil are expected to be around 1.8 million mt in June and between 2.2 million mt 2.8 million mt in July, market sources told S&P Global Commodity Insights July 22, as demand

India s vegetable oil industry representatives asked the government to overturn a recently announced tax holiday on the import of crude soybean oil and crude sunflower oil in a meeting on June 22, as

Malaysia s palm oil stocks were better than expected in end May as the monthly fall in production was lower than was projected, data from the nation s official palm oil body showed June 10.

Third month palm oil futures on the Malaysian derivatives exchange rose as much as 4% during afternoon trade May 20 after Indonesia announced that a resumption of exports from the country will be acco

Malaysia s palm oil inventories are expected to rise to 1.61 million mt at end April, up 9.3% from a month before due to lower exports and better production, a S&P Global Commodity Insights survey sho

Russia’s war on Ukraine has pushed food and energy prices to fresh highs, triggering food security concerns and putting pressure on households worldwide.

Indian vegetable oil buyers are set to receive about 30,000 40,000 mt of Russian origin sunflower oil in March with shipments from largest supplier Ukraine still stuck at ports due to the war, traders

Anxious Indian buyers, with no clarity on sunflower oil shipments out of Ukraine, are turning to crude palm oil from Malaysia to fulfill demand ahead of month long Ramadan which starts in early April,

Russia s invasion of Ukraine sent agricultural commodities spiraling Feb. 24 following monthslong tensions in the Black Sea region that kept prices of key grains such as wheat highly volatile.

India s monthly vegetable oil imports climbed to 1.27 million mt in January, up 16% from a year back due to increased purchases of soybean and sunflower oils, industry body, the Solvent Extractors Ass