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Fuel prices could be slashed by as much as R2.80 in the new year, bringing welcome reprieve to cash-strapped motorists, the latest information from the Central Energy Fund shows. The fund's data...
Fuel retail chain Puma Energy says 184 of its sites are now powered, in part, by solar power installations. This accounts for about 39% of its 467 owned and leased fuel stations where solar...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body of the global airline industry, has estimated that the worldwide production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)...
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...
UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that it has had a successful start to the final stage of testing of its Advanced Low Emissions Combustion System...
German instrumentation and control company Vega opened its new South African headquarters on October 31. Situated in Lanseria, the new building incorporates Vega South Africa’s corporate offices, a...
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says he hopes to persuade Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco to revive its interest in building a refinery in SA. The Saudi-SA refinery project dates...
Emerging helium and natural gas producer Renergen’s liquified natural gas (LNG) plant, in the Free State, resumed operations following repairs to a faulty conduction oil system, which recently...
According to the latest information from the Central Energy Fund, petrol prices may be hiked in the first week of December, ahead of South Africa's peak travel season. However, diesel could ease...
The International Partners Group (IPG) of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU jointly endorsed South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) during the World Leaders Summit...
The research partnership Climate Action Tracker (CAT) on Thursday released its latest projections of how greenhouse gas emissions may dangerously raise the global average temperature. The result is...
A consortium of dozens of research nonprofits on Wednesday launched a free online platform that details greenhouse gas emissions around the world across 20 economic sectors. Climate Trace, which...
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...
Petrochemicals producer Shell Commercial Fuels launched a new formulation of its FuelSave diesel additive-based fuel in South Africa on October 28. The company says the fuel incorporates injector...
Botswana is seeking to secure funding partners for a $2.5-billion plant to produce synthetic fuels from coal, a plan rekindled by the energy crisis playing out in Europe, according to its energy...
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...
With two weeks left before November's fuel prices are fixed, the latest information from the Central Energy Fund shows that diesel and petrol prices currently look set for increases. Based on the...
In this article, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research principal research engineer Thomas Roos and Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone CEO Kaashifah Beukes outline the opportunities...
Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs), typically made from biobased feedstocks such as energy crops, wastes and residues, can help to mitigate the greenhouse-gas emissions from South Africa’s aviation...
The price of 95 unleaded petrol will be lowered by R1.02 a litre on Wednesday, while 93 petrol will be 89c cheaper, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced on Monday. This will...
Airports agency the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has managed to increase the number of jet fuel reserves at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and is confident that flight movements...
State-owned oil company PetroSA has parted ways with its CEO only two years into his contract under circumstances the company says it will not disclose. Pragasen Naidoo, a chemical engineer and a...
Almost mid-way through the month, the latest data from the Central Energy Fund show that petrol prices may be cut in the first week of October. However, diesel is on track for a price hike. Based...
Leading manufacturer of luminaires Beka Schréder deems their luminaires as the best fit for zoned environments, such as oil refineries. “All products produced by Beka Schréder are locally...
Local manufacturers and independent blenders of petroluem byproducts have to increase import expenses, owing to the shutdown of oil refineries, says lubricants manufacturer Oilflow director Enoch...
Petroleum retailer Astron Energy has started rebranding its 850 service stations across South Africa. The rebrand is a key milestone in Astron’s ambition of becoming the next biggest fuel brand in...
The price of both 93 and 95 unleaded petrol will be lowered by R2.04 a litre on Wednesday, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy announced on Monday. This will lower the price of 95 petrol...
According to the latest data from the Central Energy Fund, the price of 95 unleaded petrol is expected to fall by around R2.35 a litre on Wednesday. The price of 93 petrol could drop by around...
According to the latest data from the Central Energy Fund, the price of 95 unleaded petrol is expected to fall by around R2.28 a litre in the first week of September. The price of 93 petrol could...
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...
The Durban South Training Centre, run by the Durban South Training Trust (DSTT), was officially re-opened at new premises with bigger facilities. During the July 2021 civil unrest, DSTT premises...
Global commodities trader Glencore will restart its Cape Town oil refinery in the fourth quarter this year, more than two years after a deadly explosion shuttered the plant, Chief Executive Gary...
JSE-listed petrochemicals company Sasol reports that it benefitted from a favourable macroeconomic environment, higher crude oil and chemicals prices and higher refining margins in the financial...
South Africans will be getting some relief at the petrol pumps with fuel price cuts in August, the department of mineral resources and energy confirmed on Wednesday. According to the latest data...
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