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Sappi develops new, skin-friendly hand-sanitiser ingredient
15th July 2020 By: Donna Slater

Dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions company Sappi has launched a skin- and planet-friendly hand hygiene ingredient – Valida – which is based on cellulose and is intended to be used by hygiene... 


Omnia more than halves debt as stabilisation plan is concluded
7th July 2020 By: Donna Slater

JSE-listed diversified chemicals group Omnia Holdings reports that it achieved solid results for the financial year ended March 31, noting that this reflected the finalisation of the group’s... 


Air Products and thyssenkrupp sign green hydrogen agreement
6th July 2020 By: Schalk Burger

NYSE-listed industrial gases multinational Air Products and industrial technology multinational thyssenkrupp on July 5 announced that they had signed an exclusive strategic cooperation agreement to... 


Sasol gives up licence to seek offshore gas in Mozambique
5th July 2020 By: Reuters

South African petrochemicals giant Sasol has opted to give up its licence to explore for gas off the Mozambique coast, the company said on Sunday. "Sasol will return Block 16/19 in its entirety to... 


Sasol CFO Paul Victor
Sasol narrows immediate asset-disposal focus to ‘top ten’ list
3rd July 2020 By: Terence Creamer

Chemicals and energy group Sasol has developed a list of ten major assets that will be prioritised for sale in the coming weeks and months as it moves to streamline the business into what is being... 


Sasol’s asset sale programme advances with bids due for pipeline
29th June 2020 By: Bloomberg

Sasol expects binding bids within weeks for its stake in a natural gas pipeline running from Mozambique to South Africa, as the company accelerates asset sales to pay off debt, according to people... 


A buyer’s guide to Sasol’s $5bn asset sale process
25th June 2020 By: Bloomberg

Sasol has accelerated an asset disposal program that could eliminate more than half of the company’s debt. The South African company is trying to raise cash amid cost overruns and lower oil prices.... 


Sasol’s Guerbet unit at Lake Charles achieves beneficial operation
23rd June 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Sasol reports that the Guerbet alcohols unit at its Lake Charles Chemicals project (LCCP), in Louisiana, in the US, achieved beneficial operation on June 19. This is Sasol’s second... 


Omnia expects to swing to full-year earnings
22nd June 2020 By: Donna Slater

Chemicals manufacturer Omnia expects to report earnings a share of between 65c and 130c for the financial year ended March 31. This represents an improvement of 111% to 121% on the loss a share of... 


New amendments provide greater protection regarding chemical disinfectants, says Industroclean
19th June 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a dramatic increase in the demand for disinfectants to help mitigate against the spread of the virus, and now, more than ever, there is a critical need for... 


Sasol revamp to cut jobs, end West African oil ops
18th June 2020 By: Reuters

South Africa's Sasol plans to cut jobs and end West African oil operations as part of a business revamp, the petrochemicals producer said on Thursday, adding it had also agreed a deal with lenders... 


SOUGHT-AFTER 
SteriTech has increased its production capacity twenty-fold to meet demand across Africa
Great demand for infection control across Africa
12th June 2020 By: Tracy Hancock

The demand for infection control solutions manufacturer SteriTech’s products has increased significantly across Africa since the Covid-19 outbreak, but so have the company’s lead times. “Demand in... 


AMSA agrees to pay R3.64m fine for exceeding hydrogen sulphide limits
10th June 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has agreed to pay a R3.64-million fine to the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries as a settlement for transgressions of the... 


THE WHOLE BATCH 
Batching ensures high and uniform quality of readymix concrete for each batch produced by a batching plant
Concrete batchers training in the works
5th June 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

The Concrete Institute’s (TCI’s) School of Concrete Technology is planning to offer a special one-day course for concrete batchers and batch plant staff in the second half of 2020. 


Entries for Sasol Business Accelerator programme now open
28th May 2020 By: Donna Slater

Petrochemicals and chemicals manufacturer Sasol reports that it has opened entries for small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) in the manufacturing, engineering services and recyclables... 


SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS 
Identifying the environmentally sensitive areas on-site early during the design phase can increase the probability of a sustainable and integrated development
Integration vital for construction-project life cycle
22nd May 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

There is a need for integration between the engineering design and environmental processes, before the final submission stage of a project, to avoid the possibility of environmental authorisation... 


DIG A LITTLE DEEPER 
The environmental aspects of concrete parking lots, should not be overlooked
More to concrete parking lots than meets the eye
22nd May 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Concrete offers several major advantages when building parking areas, says industry body The Concrete Institute (TCI) MD Bryan Perrie. 


WATER WORKS 
Benoni’s Northmead elevated water reservoir is the largest elevated type in Gauteng and one of the biggest in South Africa
Company supplies products for new Gauteng reservoirs
22nd May 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

A variety of products supplied by construction products specialist a.b.e. Construction Chemicals are being used for several new major water reservoir projects currently under construction in Gauteng. 


BACK TO THE WALL 
SanteQ's walling systems use between 80% and 90% recycled and waste materials
System gaining traction in building conversion projects
22nd May 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Alternative building technology solutions provider SanteQ Liteweight Building Technology’s bespoke Plaswall building technology provides for simple and rapid installation using unsophisticated skills. 


Sasol to mull adding pipeline, Qatar plant to disposal plan
15th May 2020 By: Bloomberg

Sasol is considering additional divestments, including the potential sale of stakes in an African gas pipeline and a Middle Eastern plant, as it explores ways to reduce its $10-billion debt pile,... 


IRREPLACEABLE SOLUTIONS
The initial coating of new valves as well as their efficient repair results in fewer valve replacements
Valves maintenance still a challenge
15th May 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Although demand for valves has increased over the past five years, maintenance costs, efficiency and valve service life are some of the challenges that companies face yearly, says coating... 


The PetroSA refinery in Mossel Bay
CEF denies nine ‘requests’ for support amount to a bailout
12th May 2020 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s State-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF) has outlined an extensive list of support measures – including access to a portion of the fuel levy and carbon-tax proceeds – which it argued on... 


DON’T BLOW A GASKET
The new room temperature vulcanising silicone gasket maker compound is temperature resistant from -50 ºC to 300 ºC for short periods
Good agricultural sales expected post lockdown
1st May 2020 By: Darren Parker

The outbreak of Covid-19 and the consequent initial 21-day national lockdown in South Africa, which has since been extended by two weeks, caused a slowdown in sales for almost every sector in South... 


Pipeline repair continues despite Covid-19
24th April 2020

Repair of the Mt Albert high-pressure sludge pipeline is a critical project for city council Wellington’s wastewater network in New Zealand, and one that Wellington Water is committed to... 


Biodx says use of biotech disinfectant products can help in fight against Covid-19
21st April 2020 By: Donna Slater

Johannesburg-based biological technology (biotech) and disinfectants company Biodx CEO Burt Rodrigues says that while the Covid-19 pandemic will change the world in the short and long term, a... 


Sasol Natref
Sasol says Natref refinery to be temporarily shut, synfuels output reduced
8th April 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The national Covid-19 lockdown has resulted in an unprecedented decline in fuel demand in South Africa. Chemicals company Sasol and Total South Africa have, therefore, decided to suspend production... 


New chair of financially beleaguered Necsa outlines priorities
New chair of financially beleaguered Necsa outlines priorities
3rd April 2020 By: Rebecca Campbell

The financially-beleaguered South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), which falls under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), had a new board appointed in late January, to... 


Sasol advises of capacity reductions, further credit downgrades
Sasol advises of capacity reductions, further credit downgrades
31st March 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Although JSE-listed chemicals company Sasol is permitted to operate during South Africa’s lockdown period, ending April 16, it has advised that some plants will be operated at lower capacity, or... 


Sasol ramps up sanitiser chemicals production
Sasol ramps up sanitiser chemicals production
30th March 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed petrochemicals giant Sasol has developed a new unique blend of alcohol-based chemicals to be used in the manufacture of hand sanitisers to help address the increase in market demand for... 


Foskor clarifies it will continue with operations amid lockdown
25th March 2020 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Phosphates and phosphoric acid producer Foskor has advised that it will continue with mining activities in Phalaborwa and its processing operations in Richards Bay, owing to it being an essential... 


Sasol CEO Fleetwood Grobler (left) and CFO Paul Victor
Size of possible Sasol rights issue hangs on asset-disposal and savings progress
17th March 2020 By: Terence Creamer

The eventual size of Sasol’s possible rights issue – tentatively capped at $2-billion – will depend on progress the group makes in the coming months with its cash-conservation and asset-disposal... 


Sasol includes $2bn rights-issue option in plan to reset capital structure
Sasol includes $2bn rights-issue option in plan to reset capital structure
17th March 2020 By: Terence Creamer

Debt-laden chemicals and energy group Sasol announced on Tuesday that it could pursue a $2-billion rights issue as a “supplemental initiative” in the event that cash-conservation initiatives and... 


Shares in South Africa's Sasol jump nearly 30% as oil price recovery sparks buying
13th March 2020 By: Reuters

Shares in South African petrochemicals group Sasol surged nearly 30% on Friday as a recovery in oil prices sparked buying of the stock, which was pummelled in the previous session. Brent crude... 


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