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## o highlights 

o Turnaround programme continued to yield results 

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o Achieved outstanding safety record through continued management engagement 

o  Improved profit margins; increased sales volumes and plant utilisation 

o Received supplier awards from three major customers 

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## Environmental 

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In 2010, our operations resulted in the direct emission of 1,1 Mt of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. Total water use in 2010 was 11,2 million cubic metres (Mm$^{3}$). 

## Reaping the rewards of the business turnaround 

Sasol O&S continued to make solid progress in its turnaround programme in 2010, carefully executing asset restructuring, and reducing fixed costs and working capital. It is now organised as a single global business, rather than one structured into different business units and regional entities. By providing better focus, the achievement of good overall results in 2010 was facilitated. Volumes and margins also improved as demand in many of our markets partially recovered – particularly in the second half of the year – towards the levels recorded before the global economic crisis. 

Sasol O&S is a leading global producer and supplier of surfactants and surfactant intermediates, high-purity aluminas and 

related specialty products. The products are used in detergents and industrial cleaning materials, and also have wide application in industries such as metalworking, flavours and fragrances, personal care, cosmetics, plastic additives, textiles and agriculture. Sasol O&S’s high-purity aluminas are used in catalysis (for example, as automotive catalyst support materials), as a raw material for ceramics, and in coatings, polymer additives and many other specialty applications. 

Since 2007, nine Sasol O&S assets, with total annual production capacity of more than half a million tons, have been idled or sold and we have reduced employee numbers by approximately 400 or 14%. At the end of June 2010, Sasol O&S formally concluded its turnaround 

programme. We will continue to review assets regularly as well as focus on costs to ensure that these achievements are sustained. 

## Delivering profi ts 

In 2010, Sasol O&S’s turnover declined 14% to R25 283 million, mainly because of a stronger rand against the euro and US dollar. We reported an operating profi t of R2 492 million, compared with an operating loss of R160 million in 2009. This performance was driven partly by an increase in sales volumes, but also by an improvement in our gross margin. Production levels and plant utilisation picked up in the second half of the year as demand strengthened. 

Sasol O&S’s margins widened due to the favourable combination of an improved supply/demand balance 

