Chemicals and Materials

This market insight provides an overview of the South African market for commodity plastics. The information shows consumptions of key plastics by polymer type and end-user application in South Africa. Polymers analysed in this research service include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE by subgroup, LLDPE, LDPE, HDPE), polypropylene...

South Africa is a leading producer of precious metals and in some metals it is the global leader. The precious metal is a high growth sector catering to South African market and the nearby APAC market. This report covers the macro trends, supply demand scenario, investment opportunities, economic scenario and their impact on the precious metals ind...

The 21st century is called the African century, a nod to the potential the continent holds for cultural, political and industrial revival. The global interest in Africa is powered by recent innovations in healthcare, information technology, automation and chemical markets. This report highlights sheds lights on some of the recent trends in these ma...

This Frost & Sullivan research study aims to provide an overview of the chemicals companies in South Africa by providing insight into the chemicals industry. Company profiles are included for Tier I and selected Tier II chemicals companies across various end users. The research topics covered include an industry overview and background, Mega Trends...

The research analyses the thermoset resins market in South Africa and Kenya with a base year of 2012, forecasted to 2017. The executive summary provides an overview of the 2 markets as a total, highlighting key metrics. The most relevant mega trends are discussed for this research. Market drivers and restraints are explained for each country separa...

Africa has significant unexploited nickel deposits due to the capital-intensive nature of nickel mining, an unfavourable investment climate, and long periods between constructing and commissioning mines. Southern Africa is the largest nickel producing region in Sub-Saharan Africa. This research provides detailed and up-to-date market intelligence o...

The aim of this market insight is to facilitate understanding of the 12I Tax Incentive in South Africa. The insight should provide knowledge in many areas, including: general overview of the 12I, including a brief outline of policy context and sector value; a description of the targeted beneficiaries and main objectives of the 12I; a discussion of ...

This research service provides a detailed and up-to-date market intelligence on production and investment trends in the platinum mining industry in Southern Africa. Southern Africa hosts over 87% of the world's platinum group metal deposits and accounted for 79% of platinum in 2012. South Africa and Zimbabwe are key producers of platinum group meta...