Biodiesel Week

Contract signed for 30 MMgy biodiesel plant in Croatia Austrian biodiesel process technology firm BDI-BioEnergy International AG signed a deal with Biom d.o.o for construction of what BDI states is the first multifeedstock biodiesel plant in Croatia. The contract is for more than $27 million. READ MORE SHARE
Midwest biodiesel producer seeks equity partner or entirety buyer Three Twenty-One Capital Partners Inc. (321 Capital), lead investment banker, recently announced news that its client, an operational Midwest-based multifeedstock biodiesel producer, is seeking an equity partner or entirety buyer for its company. READ MORE SHARE
	SGB signs mandate letter with IDB to finance Guatemalan project Energy crop company SG Biofuels signed a mandate letter with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the debt financing of its 25,000-acre jatropha bioenergy project in Guatemala. The project cost is estimated at approximately $76 million. READ MORE SHARE
Darling Int'l to acquire Europe-based renderer for $2.17 billion Vion Ingredients was formed in 1930 and is headquartered in the Netherlands. The firm, which Darling Int'l intends to acquire, employs approximately 5,700 people with revenues of approximately $2.17 billion, and $272 million in EBITDA for FY2012. READ MORE SHARE
15-year-old Cassandra Lin to receive youth award for Bioheat work Lin is only 15 years old, but she is the mastermind behind the Turn Grease into Fuel project, which has provided more than 70 needy families in the New England area with residential heating. She will receive the 2013 Brower Youth Award on Oct. 22. READ MORE SHARE
Partnership to alter miscanthus into oily feedstock for biodiesel The partnership combines Algenetix's proprietary PhotoSeed technology expanding oil production into new plant species and physiologies with Alchimia's oil extraction and purification technology to economically produce oil from the perennial grass. READ MORE SHARE
	LT Industries introduces new, improved NIR biodiesel analyzer LT Industries says its newly updated Parafuel Biodiesel Analyzer, featuring a new detector system, provides comprehensive analysis in biodiesel research, development and production. They are available for either process or bench-top applications. READ MORE SHARE
EBB: Duties on Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel must be higher The newly proposed levels for definitive antidumping duties are $292-$340 per ton of Argentine biodiesel, and $163-$245 per ton of Indonesian biodiesel. The European Biodiesel Board says they should be even greater to cover the full dumping margin. READ MORE SHARE