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Henkel and Sasol Partner to Create Low-Carbon Adhesive Solutions

The collaboration is based on Sasol's advanced wax technology to reduce CO2 emissions along Henkel's adhesive value chain.

Sasol Appoints Antje Gerber as New Chemicals EVP

Sasol has appointed Antje Gerber as executive vice president Chemicals and member of the group executive committee, effective April 15, 2024. She will succeed Brad Griffith, who is to retire on June 30, 2024.

Air Liquide and Sasol Sign Renewable Energy Supply Deal in South Africa

French industrial gases company Air Liquide and South African energy company Sasol have signed a power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Enel Green Power for the long term supply of an additional capacity of 110 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site in South Africa.

Sasol Chemicals & Solugen to Study Sustainable Ingredients in Care Chemicals Applications

Sasol Chemicals, a division of Sasol Ltd., and Solugen have unveiled a partnership to investigate the development of innovative solutions to address the increasing consumer need for eco-friendly ingredients in household and personal care items.

Sasol Secures Renewable Power for Secunda, Sasolburg Sites

Sasol has signed two separate agreements for the supply of renewable energy to its sites in Sasolburg and Secunda in South Africa.

Sasol Sells German Wax Unit to Awax

South African energy and chemical company Sasol has sold German subsidiary Sasol Wax to Awax, an Italian specialist in developing, producing and distributing wax products. The transaction excludes the South African Fischer-Tropsch hard wax business, which also includes the part that is managed by Sasol Wax.

Regulator Blocks Sasol’s Sodium Cyanide Sale to Draslovka

South Africa’s Competition Commission has blocked Sasol’s proposed sale of its sodium cyanide business to Czech-based firm Draslovka on pricing concerns. Sasol said the decision to block the deal was unexpected, particularly given that the Commission had fully evaluated the pricing issue earlier in the review process.

Topsoe and Sasol Expand G2L Partnership

Haldor Topsoe and Sasol have expanded their gas-to-liquids (G2L) collaboration to jointly license and develop their technologies for sustainable liquid fuels and chemicals production through Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology. The companies originally entered into a partnership to jointly license their GTL technologies in December 2019, but have worked together for more than 20 years.

Sasol Sells Sodium Cyanide Business to Draslovka

South Africa’s Sasol has agreed to sell its sodium cyanide business to a local subsidiary of Draslovka Holding, a privately owned Czech-based company, for 1.46 billion Rand, or approximately $101 million. The deal, part of Sasol’s ongoing asset divestment program, is expected to close in the first half of 2022, subject to antitrust clearance and other license and permit regulatory approvals.

Sasol Completes Lake Charles Asset Sale

South African chemical producer Sasol has completed the sale of a 50% stake in its US base chemicals business at Lake Charles, Louisiana, to LyondellBasell following shareholder approval. The Johannesburg group’s shares initially rose 3% on the news.

Ineos Buys Out Sasol in Gemini JV

Ineos Olefins and Polymers USA has agreed terms to buy Sasol’s 50% stake in their Gemini joint venture for $404 million, taking full ownership. The deal is scheduled to close by year end, contingent on financing.

Sasol Starts LDPE Unit at Lake Charles

South African chemical group Sasol has started up the seventh and last plant at its glitch-plagued Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. The 420,000 t/y LDPE facility, which uses ExxonMobil technology, was originally planned to start up in January 2019, but was damaged by an explosion and fire during commissioning.

LyondellBasell Buys Half of Sasol’s Lake Charles Site

LyondellBasell has agreed to pay $2 billion for a 50% stake in Sasol’s glitch-plagued production complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA, The deal, scheduled to close at year’s end, includes joint ownership of the site’s new ethane cracker and downstream plastics production.

Air Liquide to Take Sasol’s Oxygen Site

Air Liquide and Sasol have entered into exclusive negotiations for the French industrial gases group to acquire Sasol’s oxygen production site in Secunda, South Africa. The move is part of Sasol’s plans to cut CO2 emissions.

Ineos Among Bidders for Sasol Project Stake?

Ineos Delays Forties Pipeline Shutdown

Nouryon to Take Sasol’s TEAL Business

Sasol CEOs Quit on Lake Charles Failures

Huntsman Takes Control of German Maleic JV

Sasol and Enaex Explore Explosives JV

Eastman Buys Sasol’s Marlotherm Assets

Sasol Starts Delayed LLDPE Plant at Lake Charles

Sasol Announces fresh Delays at Lake Charles

Sasol Refocuses, Exits Shale and GTL

Fluor Wins Sasol Oxygen Train Project

Iran and South Africa Agree GTL Knowhow Transfer

Ineos Plans More Ethylene at Chocolate Bayou

Oil Plunge May Impact Sasol Louisiana Plans

European Ethylene Oxide Crisis Worsens

Ineos Still Bullish on Shale Gas

Sasol Board Approves $8 Billion Louisiana Cracker

Sasol and Ineos Finalize HDPE Joint Venture Plans

EPA Allows ExxonMobil Ethane Cracker to Go Ahead

Williams May Add Second Ethane Cracker at Geismar

Ineos to acquire Sasol’s German based European Solvent Business