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Clean fuel pivotal for engine life
Clean fuel pivotal for engine life
13th March 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Clean, uncontaminated fuel is key to optimal fuel system performance and engine longevity in the mining industry, says filtration designer and manufacturer Cummins Filtration mining sales manager... 


Implats CEO Nico Muller
New catalyst technology bodes well for platinum – Implats
11th March 2020 By: Martin Creamer

The newly announced tri-metal catalyst technology that rebalances market demand for platinum group metals bodes well for platinum, Implats CEO Nico Muller said on Wednesday. The tri-metal catalyst... 


Sasol’s record plunge boosts speculation of a rights issue
10th March 2020 By: Bloomberg

Sasol’s record share plunge on Monday, coming as the oil price slumped and just days after the company credit rating was cut to junk by Moody’s Investors Service, is raising concern among investors... 


Sasol leads South African stocks to 4-year low as oil crash hits global markets
Sasol leads South African stocks to 4-year low as oil crash hits global markets
9th March 2020 By: Reuters

South African stocks plunged to a more than four-year low on Monday, joining a global sell-off in riskier assets as oil prices collapsed more than 30%, hitting chemical and energy firm Sasol the... 


Omnia announces group FD
2nd March 2020 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chemicals group Omnia has appointed Stephan Serfontein group FD, effective March 1. Serfontein, a chartered accountant, has been with the group since January 2012 and was previously part of the... 


Sasol holds back on dividend as it reports big H1 earnings slump
Sasol holds back on dividend as it reports big H1 earnings slump
24th February 2020 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol reported a 72% slump in earnings to R4.5-billion in the six months to December 31, 2019, compared with the prior period. Headline earnings a share, meanwhile,... 


Bill Gates-led fund invests in making lithium mining more sustainable
20th February 2020 By: Bloomberg

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, helmed by Bill Gates, and MIT’s The Engine fund are leading an investment round of $20-million for Lilac Solutions, a US startup aimed at making the extraction of... 


BIG FAN
A cooling unit had to be installed to the drives because of the extreme temperatures they would encounter in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Drive package delivered to greenfield mine
7th February 2020

The last of nine units of a comprehensive drive package were successfully delivered to a major greenfield copper mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by drive and automation... 


More bad news for Sasol's giant Lake Charles Chemical Plant
31st January 2020 By: Bloomberg

The bad news from Sasol’s chemical project in Louisiana keeps stacking up. South Africa’s biggest fuel and chemicals producer said the Lake Charles Chemicals Project will make a smaller... 


Unit at Sasol’s Lake Charles plant remains shut after fire
21st January 2020 By: Bloomberg

Sasol is still assessing the damage from an explosion and fire at its Lake Charles plant in Louisiana a week after the incident. The explosion at the low-density polyethylene unit at Lake Charles... 


Duncan Wanblad
Anglo set to make low carbon fertiliser contribution
20th January 2020 By: Martin Creamer

The polyhalite-based Poly4 product that Anglo American will market if its bid for Sirius Minerals is successful emits significantly less carbon dioxide (CO2) per tonne relative to both of the other... 


Fire, explosion latest setback for Sasol’s LCCP
14th January 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol on Tuesday confirmed that there had been an explosion and fire at the low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit at its Lake Charles Chemicals Project... 


Regional deals to drive merger activity in chemicals sector globally – AT Kearney
13th December 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Most chemical industry executives believe global chemicals merger and acquisition (M&A) activity will continue to increase or stay at high levels, as a global trend of coping with challenging... 


France allows cyanide processing at gold mine in French Guiana
4th December 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The French government has authorised the start-up of a cyanide processing plant at a gold mine west of Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, a decision that TSX-listed Columbus Gold hailed as a... 


Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke
Urgent calls for reform as South Africa’s GDP contracts 0.6% in third quarter
3rd December 2019 By: Simone Liedtke

South Africa’s gross domestic product contracted by 0.6% in the third quarter. However, on a year-on-year basis, the economy grew by 0.1%, Statistics South Africa statistician-general Risenga... 


Sasol scores ‘own goal’ as climate pressure mounts in South Africa
29th November 2019 By: Bloomberg

Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest polluter, angered some of its investors by refusing to put a resolution on its response to climate change to shareholders and could face legal challenges if it... 


Sasol pledges climate action
27th November 2019 By: Bloomberg

Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest producer of greenhouse gases after State-owned Eskom Holdings, pledged more clarity on plans to reduce its impact on the environment. The company, which... 


Climate risk widely acknowledged, but rarely incorporated into strategy
25th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) says that although the majority of South African corporate companies recognise climate change as an already occurring and imminently worsening risk, they... 


Sasol warns of lower interim earnings
25th November 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE- and NYSE-listed Sasol expects its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months to end December 31, to be at least 20%, or R4.65, lower than the HEPS of R23.25 reported for the six... 


ALL HANDS ON DECK
South Africa’s rapidly expanding offshore oil and gas activities require a supporting fleet of vessels
R400m deal furthers dream of supporting fleet of local vessels
22nd November 2019 By: Tracy Hancock

Mnambithi Group subsidiary Nduna Maritime and petrochemicals company Sasol have entered into a R400-million enterprise and supplier development funding agreement for South Africa’s first locally... 


Clariant presents study on efficiency of chemical collectors for metallurgical recovery
19th November 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Africa is home to an abundance of natural resources, including platinum, copper, iron, diamonds, silver, gold and uranium; however, mining and processing these resources can be challenging for... 


Sasol, Enaex conclude negotiations to establish explosives JV
19th November 2019 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol and Enaex, a subsidiary of the Sigdo Koppers Group, have concluded negotiations to establish a joint venture. The companies will file an application... 


Sasol mulling several gas supply options as it seeks to reduce carbon footprint
Sasol mulling several gas supply options as it seeks to reduce carbon footprint
28th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

Chemicals and energy group Sasol is investigating several gas-supply alternatives for its coal-heavy South African operations as it seeks ways to reduce its carbon footprint. The JSE-listed group... 


Sasol CEO-designate Fleetwood Grobler
Sasol seeks to use leadership ‘reset’ to rebuild trust in wake of damning LCCP review
28th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

Sasol CEO-designate Fleetwood Grobler insists that he is “realistic” about the challenges still confronting the chemicals and energy group, which parted ways with its previous joint CEOs on Monday,... 


Sasol's new CEO Fleetwood Grobler
Sasol's joint CEOs to step down following US project glitch
28th October 2019 By: Reuters

South African petrochemicals group Sasol said on Monday its joint chief executives, Bongani Nqwababa and Stephen Cornell, will step down following a review of its Lake Charles Chemicals project... 


The Bow Cecil tanker
Sasol provides R400m in financing for first South African-owned chemical tanker
9th October 2019 By: Shirley le Guern

Integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol has provided R400-million to finance the acquisition of the first South African-owned chemical tanker, the Bow Cecil, by empowered entity, Nduna... 


Sasol is said to plan sale of its South African coal mining unit
Sasol is said to plan sale of its South African coal mining unit
18th September 2019 By: Bloomberg

Sasol is planning to sell its South African coal-mining business, according to people familiar with the matter. The company will begin a formal sales process in the coming weeks, said the people,... 


Sasol co-CEOs Stephen Cornell and Bongani Nqwababa
Sasol investors suggest co-CEO Cornell leave after Lake Charles costs surge
30th August 2019 By: Bloomberg

Sasol has been asked by some of the country’s biggest fund managers to consider executive changes including ousting Stephen Cornell, one of two CEOs, over cost overruns at a flagship project,... 


Sasol's Louisiana ethane cracker reaches beneficial operation
28th August 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chemicals and petrochemicals group Sasol says its world-scale ethane cracker – the heart of its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP), in Louisiana, in the US – has reached beneficial operation.... 


Sasol lowers LCCP Ebitda guidance, but says no further increases in capital cost
26th August 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE- and NYSE-listed petrochemicals giant Sasol has resolved an issue related to a large heat exchanger on its ethane cracker at the Lake Charles Chemicals Project, in Louisiana, in the US. On... 


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