04-02-2025
Sasol, Anglo American, De Beers partnership to generate feedstock for renewable diesel production
Sasol, Anglo American and De Beers entered into a Joint Development Agreement to pilot the production of feedstock for renewable diesel. This is an important initiative for both companies as they endeavour to establish the value chain for renewable fuels in South Africa.
Signed against the backdrop of the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, the objective of the JDA is to assess the technical and commercial viability of feedstock production, starting with Solaris and Moringa plantations to generate vegetable oil. Sasol’s existing assets can take a variety of feedstocks, enabling them to produce renewable diesel using vegetable oil quicker than greenfield projects and at lower costs.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Dr Sarushen Pillay, Executive Vice President of Sasol’s Business Building, Strategy and Technology portfolio, said: “Renewable diesel is transformative. It meets the technical standards of conventional diesel while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Our customers can therefore, use it as a “drop-in” fuel in their existing equipment and machinery to meet their greenhouse gas reduction commitments. Partnering with Anglo American, we're investigating the development of a local and cost-effective supply chain for sustainable feedstock, utilising vegetable oil to produce renewable diesel in our facilities. As we innovate for a better world, Sasol’s ambition is clear — to help our customers navigate the energy transition while delivering high-quality, sustainable solutions for a low-carbon future."
Anglo American’s Projects and Development Director, Alison Atkinson said: “This is an important initiative to strengthen our commitment to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. It is an innovation that contributes to our sustainability journey as a business and our quest to maintain a healthy environment by creating carbon neutral operations.
“We worked closely with our De Beers colleagues to conceive this partnership given their pre-feasibility studies on renewable diesel production trials within their mining operations and host communities. De Beers is also providing the more than 20-hectare pieces of land on which the trial feedstock will be grown, in Blouberg, Messina; Marble Hall in Limpopo; and the Voorspoed mine closure site in the Free State”.
Although renewable diesel production in South Africa is not yet at a commercial scale, recent market engagements indicate that the country’s renewable fuels market is promising, driven by end customer demands and their decarbonisation targets.
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