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Safety standby contractors, Jerita Mokoena and Nomsa Radebe, check the construction site of the new Sasol Wax plant at Sasolburg for potential hazards. 

As the markets for our products stabilised, Sasol Wax increased production in Germany and the United States. In Hamburg we completed a project to purify wax through the installation of a hydro-treater. This investment is performing well and has given us the capacity we need to supply our customers, particularly those in the personal care and industrial wax industries. 

Our US operation, primarily a commodity wax business, continued to feel the effects of the economic slowdown. However, we are pleased to report encouraging results from our Sasol Wax Difference initiative. Focusing on the industrial wax and 

construction board markets, this involves the introduction of specialised products and services where our technological expertise and worldwide infrastructure add value for the customer. 

We continued to expand our product range, with pleasing endorsement from the market. One example is Solid Protect™, a Fischer-Tropsch-derived wax used to impregnate, under pressure, commercially forested wood such as pine. This gives it the durability of tropical, slow-growing wood and supports the use of renewable, environmentally friendly construction material as an alternative to wood sourced from the world’s rainforests. 

A highlight of the year was fi nal board approval for the two-phase construction of a R8,4 billion plant to double hard wax production in South Africa. We expect the first phase to come into operation in 2012, and the second phase to start up around 2014. 

By making this investment, Sasol Wax will be able to grow with our customers. The investment is in line with the group’s strategy to leverage our advanced proprietary technology and also demonstrates our commitment to investing in South Africa. 

