JSE-listed industrial and mining chemicals company AECI grew its revenue for the financial year ended December 31, 2022, by 37% year-on-year to R53-billion driven by significantly improved sales in... 

Diversified chemicals company AECI has appointed Holger Riemensperger as its Group CE and executive director, with effect from May 1. Riemensperger has held many executive and senior management... 

Concern is growing in South Africa and across Africa about the implications of the European Union’s (EU’s) decision to proceed with the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)... 

Air pollution from coal-fired power plants run by South Africa’s Eskom Holdings risks killing 79 500 people from 2025 until they are due to be shut, according to a study submitted to a... 

Chemicals and energy group Sasol’s share price on the JSE fell by nearly 9% on February 7 after it said it was likely to report a mixed set of results for the six months ended December 31, 2022.... 

JSE-listed chemicals company Omnia has unveiled its new solar power plant at its Sasolburg operations, in the Free State. Darren Parker tells us more. 

Chemicals group Omnia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with WKN Windcurrent, a subsidiary of German renewable energy group PNE, to explore the feasibility of developing a green... 

JSE-listed chemicals company Omnia on January 27 unveiled the 5 MW Phase 1 solar power plant at its Sasolburg operations, in the Free State, followed immediately by a sod-turning ceremony to mark... 

Multinational chemicals company BASF has sponsored coding and robotics concepts project Tangible Africa to provide its 40 Lessons coding kits to 40 schools in South Africa at no cost, and Tangible... 

Many low-carbon products will likely be in short supply over the next decade, warns a new report from global body the World Economic Forum (WEF) and management consulting company Boston Consulting... 

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has appointed Yvonne Baker as its new CEO, to take up the post from April 2023, following Jon Prichard’s decision to step down from the role in... 

National sector skills agency the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (Chieta) and industrial research organisation the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have... 

According to the World Platinum Investment Council, there are signs that a global market in green hydrogen or green hydrogen derivatives is emerging, with more than 80 announcements between 2020... 

JSE-listed Sasol has appointed Andreas Schierenbeck as independent nonexecutive director, with effect from January 1. Schierenbeck is the founder and a director of HH2E, a green hydrogen company... 

Sasol shares fell nearly 7% after the South African petrochemicals company said it expects challenges at its Secunda operations to impact coal and fuel production, although higher crude oil prices... 

Thermal hydrolysis company Cambi has signed a large contract with consulting engineering firm Wood to supply energy company Sasol with two full-scale thermal hydrolysis process (THP) systems for... 

JSE-listed Omnia Holdings expects its adjust headline earnings per share (HEPS) from continuing operations for the six months ended  September 30 to increase by between 26% and 36% year-on-year to... 

JSE-listed group Sasol expects to conclude power purchase agreements for 600 MW of renewable energy “imminently” as it moves ahead with plans to meet a 2030 target of reducing its greenhouse-gas... 

Researchers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in conjunction with industry counterparts, have pooled efforts to use biocatalysis – a green production method – to help... 

Petrochemicals giant Sasol will launch an offering of $750-million, or R13.6-billion, guaranteed senior unsecured convertible bonds on or around November 8, through an indirect wholly-owned... 

Chemicals company Sasol’s funds from operations- (FFO-)to-debt improved to 54% in the financial year ended June 30, following the company’s efforts to deleverage by using asset disposal proceeds to... 

Following a wage-related strike at State-owned freight utility Transnet, petrochemicals giant Sasol says it is not yet able to quantify the impact on its South African value chains. The industrial... 

JSE-listed diversified chemicals company Omnia has commissioned a reverse osmosis water treatment plant at its Sasolburg site to enhance its water efficiency and reduce water consumption by... 

Maintenance schedules depend on the type of humidifier and the humidifier application. Humidification and dehumidification equipment supplier Humidair owner Pieter Aldred notes that modern... 

Economic challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in many companies’ “skimping” on air-conditioning maintenance, as it is viewed as an unnecessary additional expense, says... 

While signs of economic recovery have been evident since Covid-related restrictions were lifted, chemical industry company African Oxygen (Afrox) is cautious about the long-term effects, as “quite... 

Chemicals manufacturer Synergy Blenders has officially opened a new liquid caustic soda manufacturing plant, in La Mercy, in KwaZulu-Natal. The plant, which was built at a cost of about... 

South African petrochemical firm Sasol on Thursday confirmed it has agreed to pay $24 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by US investors claiming it deliberately understated the cost... 

JSE-listed KAP Industrial achieved a 17% year-on-year increase in revenue from continuing operations to R27.98-billion for the financial year ended June 30. Operating profit, before capital items,... 

Sasol posted a 147% jump in full-year core profit on Tuesday boosted by higher fuel and chemicals prices, helping the South African chemicals and energy firm declare its first dividend since 2019.... 

Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, sees carbon taxes posing a “significant risk” to its business and warned current proposals could cause it to curtail operations and... 

Diversified chemicals company Omnia Group CEO Seelan Gobalsamy has been announced as the winner of the CEO Today Africa Awards 2022. This is the second year in a row that Gobalsamy has received the...