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Latest News

Collective effort needed to bridge Africa’s refining gap

A regional effort was needed to overcome the disconnect between Africa’s gas and oil production and its refining capacity, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Africa oil and gas advisory leader Chris Bredenhann said Wednesday. Citing South Africa’s Project Mthombo – a planned 400 000-bl/d crude-oil refinery in the Eastern Cape – as an example, he said that there had been a lot of talk about investing in refining capacity, but that such plans had yet to materialise.

SA current account deficit narrows, weaker rand helps

South Africa's current account deficit unexpectedly narrowed in the first quarter of the year, helped by increased external demand while a depreciation in the rand boosted local exports. The shortfall on the current account was at 5.8% of gross domestic product in the first quarter, from 6.5% in the last three months of 2012, the Reserve Bank said in its June quarterly bulletin on Wednesday.