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Sasol

Sasol is an integrated energy and chemicals company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company operates across more than 30 countries, with a primary focus on southern Africa, and is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Sasol is best known for its coal-to-liquids and gas-to-liquids technologies, producing synthetic fuels, chemicals and low-carbon electricity through proprietary Fischer-Tropsch processes. Core products include liquid fuels, chemicals such as solvents and polymers, and industrial gases. The company operates significant gas assets in Mozambique, including the Pande-Temane gas fields, which supply natural gas to South African industrial customers and support domestic energy security. Sasol also produces a range of commodity and speciality chemicals used in industries from mining to pharmaceuticals. The group employs tens of thousands of people globally and generates annual revenue in the hundreds of billions of rand. In recent years, Sasol has committed to an energy transition strategy, investing in renewable energy projects and exploring lower-carbon pathways to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint. The company was founded in 1950 as the South African Coal, Oil and Gas Corporation to develop domestic fuel sources during international isolation, and commercialised its coal-to-liquids technology at Secunda, which remains one of the world's largest single-site emitters of carbon dioxide. Sasol continues to balance its legacy fossil-fuel operations with a growing portfolio of sustainable energy and chemical solutions.

Sasol News


South Africa urged to take action as 300 industrial buyers face gas cliff
South Africa urged to take action as 300 industrial buyers face gas cliff
23rd September 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Industrial Gas Users Association-South Africa (IGUA-SA) executive officer Jaco Human is warning that the country is already stepping off a “gas cliff” – precipitated by waning supply from... 


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De Beers publishes 2025 sustainability report
23rd September 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s 2025 Sustainability Report has outlined progress in its ‘Building Forever’ sustainability framework, with advances in livelihoods, nature conservation, climate action... 


South Africa moves towards new raw-water charges following public consultations
18th September 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has concluded its public consultations on the proposed 2027/28 raw water-use charges. After a series of engagements throughout the year, the DWS... 


The Sasol destoning facility is delivering coal with sinks of below 12%.
Sasol’s external coal purchases to continue to fall as it targets 34Mt from own mines
18th September 2026 By: Terence Creamer

While Sasol continues to reduce its overall capital expenditure, the JSE-listed group is increasing its investment in its coal mining business to shore up the feedstock needed to raise output at... 


Valterra Platinum executive head: marketing Hilton Ingram.
Six-million-ounce platinum demand opportunity from hydrogen truck fleets
18th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

If a 20% global truck fleet share can be secured at current or near current platinum loading, there is a six-million-ounce platinum opportunity from a demand perspective, according to Valterra... 


South Africa’s Gas Cliff: From Supply Risk To A Secure Gas Future
South Africa’s Gas Cliff: From Supply Risk To A Secure Gas Future
16th September 2026

  South Africa is racing against time to secure its future gas supply, with the looming “gas cliff” presenting a significant risk to industrial production, investment, employment and the country’s... 


Corporate PPAs to outpace public procurement in South Africa for first time in 2026 – BNEF
Corporate PPAs to outpace public procurement in South Africa for first time in 2026 – BNEF
8th September 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) are set to drive more utility-scale renewable additions in South Africa than government auctions for the first time in 2026, a new publication by... 


Naimon Capital executive director Roland Tatnall
Conflating power and gas cliffs will lead to sub-optimal outcomes, energy specialist warns
4th September 2026 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s response to the gas-supply cliff, which will arise as supply to industrial users from Mozambique falls away later this decade, should be treated separately from the country’s moves... 


The Sasol destoning facility is delivering coal with sinks of below 12%.
Sasol’s external coal purchases to continue to fall as it targets 34Mt from own mines
1st September 2026 By: Terence Creamer

While Sasol continues to reduce its overall capital expenditure, the JSE-listed group is increasing its investment in its coal mining business to shore up the feedstock needed to raise output at... 


Valterra Platinum executive head: marketing Hilton Ingram.
Six-million-ounce platinum demand opportunity from hydrogen truck fleets
1st September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

If a 20% global truck fleet share can be secured at current or near current platinum loading, there is a six-million-ounce platinum opportunity from a demand perspective, according to Valterra... 


Sasol's Sasolburg plant
Sasol earnings up 9% on higher oil prices, fuel sales volumes
1st September 2026 By: Reuters

South African petrochemical firm Sasol said on Tuesday its annual profit rose 9% from a year ago, buoyed by higher crude oil prices and increased fuel sales volumes.  Sasol's headline earnings per... 


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S Africa’s future energy security lies in LNG – expert
28th August 2026 By: Lynne Davies

South Africa is facing two parallel cliffs, the ‘Gas Cliff’ and the ‘Power Cliff’, as by the 2030s a majority of State-owned power utility Eskom’s fleet generation will be 50 years old and either... 


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Pulling out all the stops to generate renewable energy is the way to go
21st August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The case for maximum renewable energy generation is growing increasingly strong as the shield that renewables provide against rising costs and stability risks is enlarging. Moreover, renewables are... 


AI and alloys, mining innovation, Sasol's PEM electrolyser make headlines
AI and alloys, mining innovation, Sasol's PEM electrolyser make headlines
14th August 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tells us about how AI is helping to develop alloys for use in new applications; the study that’s shown that there is considerable room to increase mining’s... 


Climate compliance has just stopped being a paperwork exercise
Climate compliance has just stopped being a paperwork exercise
13th August 2026

(Virtual Showroom) For the past decade, climate compliance in South African industry has been seen as a box-ticking exercise with only the Tier 1 companies going above and beyond what is required... 


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Crisis exposes Africa’s vulnerabilities, opportunities
7th August 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

The global repercussions of the ongoing US-Iran War and the Persian Gulf crisis have exacerbated the urgency for Africa to accelerate its energy transition and industrialisation goal, says... 


SAF joint venture winds down
7th August 2026

Chemicals and energy company Sasol and advanced energy technology company Topsoe are winding down their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) joint venture Zaffra, shifting to a more focused... 


A table showing operational and shuttered refining capacity in South Africa
Sasol’s wartime windfall revives debate over coal’s future
5th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

Sasol, the world’s largest producer of fuel from coal, is reaping the benefits of a surge in fuel prices due to the Iran war, while helping shield its home market of South Africa from the resulting... 


Representatives from Envision and Sasol, including industrial and economic policy specialist Jak Koseff (front right), signing an agreement in the presence of South Africa's Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Sasol commissions China’s Envision to design Sasolburg e-methanol project
5th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South African chemicals and energy company Sasol has signed an agreement with Chinese green technology and renewable-energy company Envision to undertake the engineering design for an e-methanol... 


The ribbon-cutting ceremony of a 2 kW PEM electrolyser at Sasol's R&T facility in Sasolburg
Sasol commissions PEM electrolyser to advance local hydrogen technology capability
31st July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol has, in collaboration with its public-sector and academic partners, commissioned a 2 kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser system at the... 


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