Sasol launches destoning plant to improve coal quality, strengthen operational performance

Energy and chemicals group Sasol, on March 13, officially opened its new destoning plant, marking a significant milestone in efforts to enhance coal quality and drive improved operational performance. The plant, which achieved beneficial operation in December, forms part of Sasol’s broader plan to strengthen, grow and transform the business.
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Renewables-battery scenario proposed for saving ferrochrome while sustaining Eskom and reform …

A new analysis of the crisis being faced by South Africa’s ferrochrome industry as a result of uncompetitive electricity tariffs, outlines a possible renewables-battery-led scenario for meeting the industry’s need for sustainably cheap and greener electricity without triggering an acceleration of what could otherwise be an Eskom death spiral. Titled ‘To Save or Not to Save SA’s Ferrochrome Smelters and Eskom’, the thought-leadership paper has been written jointly by Johan van den Berg, an energy professional with experience in the ferrochrome industry, Frank Spencer, an energy engineer, and Johan Roos, an Advocate in private practice.
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