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September 8, 2008

Sasol chooses Limpopo coal for Mafutha CTL project

Transport fuel-from-coal manufacturer Sasol had selected a coalfield in the western part of South Africa's Limpopo province as part of its prefeasibility study into the proposed Mafutha coal-to-liquids (CTL) project, Sasol executive director Benny Mokaba said on Monday.

Mokaba said - during question time after Sasol CEO Pat Davies had presented yet another set of outstanding annual financial results in which operating profit soared 32% to a record R34-billion - that Sasol was also looking into the option of using coalbed methane gas as a feedstock for Mafutha, the prefeasibility study for which was at an advanced stage.

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Posted by StaffWriter at September 8, 2008 7:26 AM