/ 26 May 2000

SASOL TO BUILD BILLION RAND PLANT

SASOL is to construct a R1-billion detergent alcohol plant at Secunda, according to the Business Report. Sasol said the plant, due to be commissioned in March 2002, will add considerable value to its fuel from coal operations and become a major export earner. It will have an annual capacity of 120000 tons. Output will go to the domestic market, but most will be exported to the US, Europe and Asia, the paper says.