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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


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... 


The above image depicts an aerial view of a LNG tanker
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... 


Jonathan Skeen, MD: Commercial at the SOLA Group
Jonathan Skeen
31st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Jonathan Skeen, MD: Commercial at the SOLA Group, a fully South African vertically integrated renewable-energy infrastructure, generation and storage company  


TotalEnergies Hydra Storage opening ceremony in De Aar
Engineering South Africa's Energy Future - An industry perspective
30th July 2026

Winter has a way of making us think about energy, whether we mean to or not. The geyser works harder. The heater stays on longer. Cold mornings remind you just how much you rely on electricity... 


WIND CLUSTER:
WIND CLUSTER:
24th July 2026

The 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, in the Eastern Cape, achieved full commercial operations in June. Comprised of three 110 MW wind farms (Impofu North, Impofu East and Impofu West) the cluster... 


UJ’s JENano Group advances green hydrogen and energy-storage technologies
UJ’s JENano Group advances green hydrogen and energy-storage technologies
23rd July 2026

Researchers from the JENano Group at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) are advancing South Africa’s green hydrogen ambitions through integrated research spanning computational materials design,... 


The Twistdraai destoning plant
Sasol says Secunda output at five-year high after coal destoning project
21st July 2026 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol reported that its Secunda Operations, in Mpumalanga, achieved its highest annual production in the past five years during the 2026 financial year to June... 


Babcock launches Lincoln Electric partnership for SSA
13th July 2026

At Babcock’s Jet Park in Boksburg, Johannesburg, Babcock launched its new role as the preferred partner of Lincoln Electric welding products across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Hendrik du Toit, MD for... 


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Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project, South Africa – update
10th July 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Work is continuing at the project, with the focus being on optimising and simplifying the flowsheet to enhance the plant operability and reduce risk when moving to commercial scale. 


M&D signals confidence through new headquarters and regional expansion
9th July 2026

M&D Construction Group has marked a significant milestone in its 43-year history with the official opening of its new headquarters at 10 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, Sandton. Designed to embody the... 


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