When Was Sasol Secunda Built?
1976: Construction of R2,3 Billion Sasol Two Commences on Secunda Site in South Africa. a New South African Town Is Established – Secunda. Its Latin Name...
1976: Construction of R2,3 billion Sasol Two commences on Secunda site in South Africa. A new South African town is established – Secunda. Its Latin name, meaning second, is appropriate as it was the second town established by Sasol following Sasolburg.
When was Secunda built?
Secunda, modern company town (built after 1974), Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is located about 80 miles (130 km) east of Johannesburg in a region of extensive coal reserves and adequate water supplies, at the site of South Africa's second and third oil-from-coal extraction plants.
Why was Sasol established?
Sasol was "formed in South Africa in 1950 to make oil from coal for a country with no large crude oil reserves." According to a 2011 Friends of the Earth (FOE) report on the company, Sasol initially ran at a loss, "consuming significant state funds until the 1970s when the oil crisis drove up oil prices."
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