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Johannesburg - Petrochemicals giant Sasol on Tuesday launched a R1.9bn ethylene purification plant in Sasolburg to bolster South Africa’s plastics-making sector with more than 47 000 tons of polyethylene a year.
“Through the installation of the new ethylene splitter, considerable production capacity has been freed up to produce more ethylene,” said David Constable, Sasol Group CEO. He added that the plant was expected to hit full throttle capacity in the next four years.
The building of the plant created 1 000 jobs and these were sourced from the Sasolburg area, Constable claimed.
“The South African plastics industry is a significant contributor to the national economy. Local demand for polyethylene polymers continues to grow at a rate of 4 to 5% annually,” Marinus Sieberhagen, MD of Sasol Polymers, said.
“The plant was (therefore) also designed to reduce hydrocarbon flaring, which reduces the carbon footprint of Sasol’s total ethylene production capacity in South Africa,” said Sieberhagen.
- Fin24
“Through the installation of the new ethylene splitter, considerable production capacity has been freed up to produce more ethylene,” said David Constable, Sasol Group CEO. He added that the plant was expected to hit full throttle capacity in the next four years.
The building of the plant created 1 000 jobs and these were sourced from the Sasolburg area, Constable claimed.
“The South African plastics industry is a significant contributor to the national economy. Local demand for polyethylene polymers continues to grow at a rate of 4 to 5% annually,” Marinus Sieberhagen, MD of Sasol Polymers, said.
“The plant was (therefore) also designed to reduce hydrocarbon flaring, which reduces the carbon footprint of Sasol’s total ethylene production capacity in South Africa,” said Sieberhagen.
- Fin24
