Tallow exports hit record $1.5 billion as GrainCorp plans domestic fuel refinery
Meat processing by-product could play a role in Australia's fuel security amid global supply disruption
Australia, which imports 90 per cent of its diesel, could find part of a homegrown solution to fuel security in tallow, GrainCorp's Jeff Summerville said. The rendered animal fat was exported at a record value amid global demand for renewable fuels, and GrainCorp has plans for a domestic renewable fuel refinery. The global disruption of oil supplies from the Iran war has highlighted Australia's fuel import dependence.