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AECI group CEO Holger Riemensperger
AECI earnings take short-term knock after strategic spend
28th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Having incurred investment spend of R755-million in the ten months ended October 31, explosives and mining chemicals group AECI is on track to achieve its strategic ambition and unlock value across... 


Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy
Omnia reports commendable increase in first-half operating profit
11th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed chemicals group Omnia has reported a 17% increase in operating profit to R802-million for the six months ended September 30, which CEO Seelan Gobalsamy says was driven by solid... 


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Sasol's performance lags in Q1 owing to chemical market, coal quality issues
22nd October 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed petrochemicals group Sasol has reported a mixed production and sales performance for the three months ended September 30, with the company having been impacted on by the stronger rand,... 


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Companies sign climate-neutral agreement
4th October 2024

With the aim of advancing to climate-neutrality in the German industrial state of Schleswig-Holstein, integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol Germany, alongside other industrial companies... 


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Mandela Day outreach gives back to Sasolburg communities
4th October 2024

Integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol and crude oil refinery National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) employees in Sasolburg marked Nelson Mandela International Day, on July 18... 


Omnia employees receive R45m payout through broad-based share scheme
30th September 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed chemicals group Omnia Holdings this week announced the vesting of its broad-based employee share scheme, amounting to R45-million.  Omnia says the scheme, established in 2021, gave 300... 


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Chemicals company unpacks carbon neutrality roadmap
27th September 2024

Multinational chemicals company BASF Performance Materials, the largest chemical producer globally, in August released its strategic roadmap toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and... 


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Gas-to-methanol plant to provide industrial feedstock
27th September 2024

Pan-African development finance institution Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that it is arranging a project development facility to support Africa’s largest gas-to-methanol plant,... 


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Greener chemical cleaner on offer
27th September 2024 By: Halima Frost

South African industrial and retail chemicals manufacturer Reinol-Janek Chemicals’ BH-38, a heavy-duty industrial and commercial butyl-based detergent, offers a greener, all-purpose cleaning... 


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Diaphragm pumps key for chemicals sector
27th September 2024

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s new EVO series electric diaphragm pumps – which form part of flow creation and industrial product supplier Ingersoll Rand’s ARO fluid handling products – are... 


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Chemical capture tech makes for better batteries
27th September 2024

Australian tertiary institution the University of Queensland (UQ) announced earlier this month that technology it has developed can remove harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water so that they can be... 


New Sasol chairperson Muriel Dube
Sasol appoints Dube as new chair as sustainability pressures rise
16th September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed chemicals and energy group Sasol has appointed Muriel Dube, a former government climate negotiator, as its new chairperson following the resignation of Sipho Nkosi from the position in... 


Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi
Sasol confirms refinements being made to emissions reduction pathway
3rd September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has reiterated that its target to reduce its greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 remains in place, but has also confirmed that it is refining its... 


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Empowerment initiatives advancing careers
23rd August 2024 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

With a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and a concerted focus on maintaining a gender balance at all levels of the organisation, specialised chemicals, adhesive and sealants... 


Adcock Ingram reports 6% y/y growth in revenue, 4% y/y profit growth
22nd August 2024 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram has reported a 6% year-on-year increase in revenue, from about R9.1-billion in 2023 to about R9.6-billion for the financial year ended June 30.... 


Sasol's Secunda plant
Sasol profit plunges 66% on weak chemical prices, skips final dividend
20th August 2024 By: Reuters

South African petrochemicals company Sasol reported a 66% fall in full-year profit on Tuesday, mainly due to weaker chemical prices, and skipped a final dividend. Headline earnings, which strip out... 


Sasol's Secunda plant
Sasol appoints new CFO
13th August 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chemicals and energy company Sasol has appointed Walt Bruns to succeed Hanré Rossouw as CFO, with effective from September 1. Bruns, who is currently CFO of Sasol Southern Africa, has been with the... 


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Oil group acquires interest in hydrogen firm
9th August 2024

Saudi Arabia’s State oil producer Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 50% equity interest in the Jubail-based Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly owned... 


Agreement reached between chemicals producers
9th August 2024

European multinational chemicals producer BASF has signed an agreement to sell its flocculants business to global specialty chemicals producer Solenis in exchange for its mining applications. The... 


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Company donates three boreholes to alleviate water scarcity
9th August 2024

Energy and chemicals group Sasol in June handed three boreholes over to the Metsimaholo local municipality and Free State Department of Health to improve water security in the Deneysville area of... 


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First merchant lithium refinery in final phase of EIS fundraising
9th August 2024

Lithium processing company Green Lithium has partnered with UK-based private equity firm Prospedia Capital to raise up to £2.6-million of seed and venture capital covered under the UK’s Enterprise... 


Research organisation announces three new board appointments
9th August 2024

Research organisation the National Research Foundation (NRF) last month announced that the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande had appointed new members to the NRF... 


AECI Mining EVP Stuart Miller
AECI appoints Miller as mining EVP
29th July 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed chemicals group AECI has appointed Stuart Miller executive VP: mining, effective September 16. Miller has held various influential leadership roles across international mining... 


AECI share price dips following lacklustre six-month performance
24th July 2024 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed chemicals company AECI recorded a near 13% drop in its share price on the JSE on July 24 after issuing a trading statement wherein it advised shareholders to expect a 59% to 64% drop in... 


Chieta CEO Yershen Pillay
Chieta opens its sixth Smart Skills Centre in Modjadjiskloof
24th July 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (Chieta) has opened a new Smart Skills Centre in Modjadjiskloof, Limpopo, to bridge the digital skills divide, bringing to six the number of... 


Synthetic jet fuel
Sasol reports improvements across the energy segments, but volatility remains
22nd July 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Petrochemicals giant Sasol has reported a 3% year-on-year increase in mining productivity for the 2024 financial year ended June 30, with productivity of 983 tons per continuous miner per shift... 


AECI Group CEO Holger Riemensperger
AECI to sell Animal Health business as it shifts focus to core competencies
10th July 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mining explosives and chemicals company AECI has signed an agreement for the sale of its Animal Health business, as a going concern, to Nutreco International, whose South African subsidiary is... 


Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy
Agriculture, mining remain growth areas for Omnia, despite difficult operating environment
10th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed chemicals group Omnia has reported a 10% decrease in operating profit to R1.7-billion for the financial year ended March 31, saying this reflected volatile market conditions and global... 


Armscor lab to host African scientists for anti-chemical warfare course
31st May 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A division of the Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor), Protechnik Laboratories, will soon host 22 scientists from 14 countries for an analytical chemistry course. Protechnik has been... 


Sasol chairperson Stephen Westwell
Westwell to retire as Sasol chairperson
22nd May 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Stephen Westwell will, on June 1, retire as nonexectutive director and chairperson of chemicals and energy group Sasol, after having served on the board for 12 years. Lead independent director... 


Sasol petrol station
Macroeconomic factors dampen Sasol’s year-to-date performance
23rd April 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

NYSE- and JSE-listed petrochemicals company Sasol says its energy business benefitted from higher basic fuel prices, as well as improved refining margins towards the end of the nine months ended... 


direct reduced iron pellets
Decarbonised iron production possible using sodium, company says
19th April 2024 By: Darren Parker

A new process being pioneered by energy companies such as Israel-based Helios and Netherlands-based Alkalium proposes the use of sodium metal rather than coal or hydrogen to refine iron-ore into... 


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Fog fluid product highlighted to prevent corrosion
19th April 2024

Global corrosion protection company Cortec Corporation highlights that its CorroLogic VpCI-339 fogging fluid is fast, effective and convenient in addressing the challenges of void and corrosion in... 


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