Keyword: South Africa

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Sasol Refocuses, Exits Shale and GTL

28.11.2017 - Following an evaluation of its portfolio, South African energy and chemical company Sasol has decided to focus on high-value specialty chemicals and withdraw from shale gas and gas...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Challenges for Pharmaceutical Logistics in South Africa

09.11.2017 - In a worldwide comparison Africa is currently a very small and economically sub-scale and micro-fragmented market. It accounts for just two percent of the global pharmaceutical...

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Lanxess Concentrates Chrome Chemicals in South Africa

22.06.2017 - In a move it said is aimed at improving competitiveness, Germany specialty chemicals producer Lanxess is streamlining the chrome value chain of its leather business by...

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South Africa Conditionally Approves Bayer-Monsanto

08.05.2017 - South Africa’s competition commission has conditionally approved Bayer’s plan to acquire Monsanto, thus becoming the first antitrust authority to do so. It will require divestments...

Logistics & Supply Chain

Pharmaceutical Logistics: The African Journey

03.04.2017 - Africa is one of the most promising pharmerging markets. For a recent project, pharma supply-chain experts from Camelot Management Consultants visited more than a dozen countries...

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Fluor Wins Sasol Oxygen Train Project

04.11.2016 - US engineering and construction company Fluor has won a contract from Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa, to build an additional oxygen train at Secunda in...

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IMCD buys Kenyan Specialty Distributor

30.06.2016 - Netherlands-headquartered chemical distributor IMCD has expanded its operations in Africa following an agreement to buy Chemicals and Solvents (C&S) based in Nairobi, Kenya. C&S...

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Iran and South Africa Agree GTL Knowhow Transfer

26.04.2016 - Iran’s Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement covering production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran...