Flash Briefing: SA Covid-19 strain reaches UK; Telkom sues Icasa; Eskom sells properties
The SA strain of Covid-19 has reached the UK, Eskom sues Icasa to force digital migration of broadcasters and Eskom is selling property.
petrochemicals
Sasol sells Mozambique power stake to pay down debt
Sasol is selling its stake in a natural gas pipeline which runs from Mozambique to South Africa, in an effort to settle more debt.
Sasol gives go-ahead for $8.1bn U.S. ethane cracker
Sasol has taken the final investment decision on an $8.1 billion ethane cracker it plans to build in Louisiana, the company said on Monday.
SA to put pressure on ArcelorMittal, Sasol to lower prices
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa will put pressure on steel producer ArcelorMittal SA and petrochemicals firm Sasol to reduce prices and help cut input costs in the steel, platinum and polymer industries by up to 15 percent, a government minister said. The government in Africa’s second largest economy is pushing to revitalise industrial capacity by encouraging companies to add value to … Read more
Sasol, Eni to undertake gas-to-liquids plant study in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African petrochemicals group Sasol Ltd will conduct a study to build a gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in Mozambique, it said on Thursday. Sasol said in a statement it would conduct the pre-feasibility study together with Italian oil and gas group Eni and Mozambique’s national oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos. The plant would use gas from the Rovuma Basin in Northern … Read more