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Biodiesel is a renewable diesel-blending component made from vegetable oil by catalytic reaction with methanol. Annual global production is about three million tons, mainly in Western Europe. However, demand is growing. As a result, the local SASOL LTD. is currently gearing-up to build a biodiesel plant based on the process of Soya beans with various undisclosed partners.

As things currently stand, SASOL signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the state's CENTRAL ENERGY FUND (CEF) in order to conduct a feasibility study before an i

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