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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


Speakers from Enaex Africa explore how product supply, Mobile Mixing Units, safety and technology work together to deliver better blast outcomes
Enaex Africa highlights integrated approach to precision blasting
16th October 2026 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Mine blasting solutions provider Enaex Africa has highlighted the importance of integrating supply-chain reliability, mobile manufacturing units, safety controls and digital technologies to improve... 


Kearney South Africa Energy Partner Frances Phillips.
Green iron-ore is a great South African export opportunity, Joburg Indaba hears
8th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Making green iron-ore for exportation is a great opportunity, South Africa’s Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday, October 8, when Kearney South Africa energy partner Frances Phillips drew attention to... 


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Sasol tops emerging market peers on oil-from-coal bonanza
5th October 2026 By: Bloomberg

This year’s oil price rally has produced one clear winner: South Africa’s Sasol is the top-performing emerging-market stock outside Asia and many analysts are betting its bull run has further to... 


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Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project, South Africa – update
2nd October 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

On September 24, 2026, Rainbow signed a memorandum of understanding with Neo Performance Materials for technical support and design input for the final solvent extraction circuit. 


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Quality data key to managing  transition
2nd October 2026

As South Africa prepares for a transition from declining Mozambican natural gas to a proposed methane rich gas (MRG) bridge, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewable gases potentially... 


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Research maps pathways to reduce Secunda’s emissions, inform transition strategy
2nd October 2026 By: Nadine Ramdass

To better understand the role of Sasol’s Secunda coal-based liquid fuels and chemicals complex, in Mpumalanga, in South Africa’s energy transition, the University of Cape Town's Energy Systems... 


Sandile Siyaya, Executive VP: Mining at Sasol
Sandile Siyaya
25th September 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Sandile Siyaya, Executive VP: Mining at Sasol  


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... 


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... 


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