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/ 14 September 2011
Petrochemicals group Sasol said on Tuesday it would conduct a feasibility study on a potential gas-to-liquids plant in the US.
Industrial action in the chemical and fuel sectors has come to an end after employers reached an agreement on wage increases on Thursday.
The retail price of petrol will increase by 29 cents a litre next Wednesday, taking the price in Gauteng to over R10 a litre.
A task team has been set up to probe what led to the shortage of jet fuel at OR Tambo International Airport, the energy minister said on Thursday.
The dependency on liquid fuels for energy is under
the microscope. Government must find ways to
get additional benefits.
Nigeria’s fuel marketers are ending a months-long suspension of imports after the government started clearing millions of dollars in subsidy arrears.
Sasol plans to invest $10-billion by 2015 to develop coal liquefaction plants in Indonesia, it was reported on Friday.
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/ 20 November 2008
Researchers have sold over 1 000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal to prove that the ovens can improve health and cut fuel consumption.
Climate change is driving a new scramble for resources, but there are fears adaptation could divert money from development, writes Nicole Johnston.
Millions of Indian truckers went on strike on Wednesday to protest against high taxes and rising fuel bills, union leaders said.
South Africa faces the possibility of fuel shortages when it hosts the 2010 Soccer World Cup, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
South Africa’s Sasol has agreed with China’s Shenhua Group to jointly produce motor fuel from coal by 2016, it was reported on Friday.
Auto plants in Spain were paralysed and Portugal’s main airport banned planes from refuelling on Wednesday on a third day of strikes by thousands of truckers.
As the sixth price rise of the year sent fuel heading towards R10 a litre this week — amid predictions it could reach R11 by year-end — there are few signs that South African motorists are making serious adjustments to the end of cheap fuel.