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    Rare earths and uranium producer Energy Fuels has announced an agreement to acquire German rare earths magnet maker Vacuumschmelze (VAC) in a deal worth approximately $1.9 billion, the company announced on Tuesday June 23.

    The assessment low has been corrected to $1,565 per tonne from $15,965 per tonne based on historic records. The midpoint has been corrected to $1,570 per tonne based on the revised low. For more information, or to provide feedback on this correction notice, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a […]

    The US Department of Energy’s release of an updated model under the revised 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit framework for Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Technologies (45ZCF-GREET) on Friday June 12 provides additional clarity on how feedstock economics could evolve, improving the outlook for soybean oil and canola while largely preserving the competitiveness of waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil (UCO), tallow and distillers corn oil (DCO).

    Global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) demand is expected to increase more than sixfold by the end of the decade, reaching 12.8 million tonnes in 2030 from around 2.1 million tonnes in 2025, according to SkyNRG’s 2026 SAF market outlook, developed in partnership with consultancy ICF.

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