JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sasol has published its business performance metrics for the six months ended 31 December 2025 on the Company’s website at www.sasol.com, under the Investor Centre section: https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre/financial-results.
During the quarter, the business remained focused on stable and reliable operational performance, while reinforcing the importance of safety in everything that we do. Progress was made on key Capital Market Day priorities, with discipline and delivery maintained on factors within our control amid a challenging and uncertain macroeconomic environment.
Safety
Safety remains our foremost value and we are pleased to report that Q2 FY26 was fatality-free. Learnings from the fatality at Mining in Q1 FY26 are being embedded, with continued efforts to strengthen the safety culture across our business and ensure every employee returns home safely.
Business performance
In the Southern Africa business, the destoning plant reached beneficial operation (BO) in December 2025, marking an important milestone in improving coal quality. Ramp-up is progressing, with average sinks now tracking the lower end of the 12% -14% guidance range. Given the progress on destoning, all previously closed low-quality mining sections are now fully operational. This, together with improved gasifier and equipment availability at Secunda Operations (SO), supported higher SO production during the quarter.
Gas supply from Mozambique was lower compared to the previous quarter, mainly resulting from the expected natural decline from our Petroleum Production Agreement (PPA) asset. Improvements are expected in FY26 H2 as the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) ramps up. Gas and coal supply continue to be managed on an integrated basis to support reliable SO operations and value optimisation.
Natref delivered improved production performance during the quarter, further supported by additional volumes from Sasol’s utilisation of the Prax South Africa (Pty) Limited (Prax SA) shareholding capacity. Stronger SO and Natref operations supported higher fuels sales volumes and the continued placement of product in …