Sub-Saharan Africa Seeks Affordable, High-quality Mining and Oilfield Water Treatment Chemicals, Says Frost & Sullivan

Sub-Saharan Africa Seeks Affordable, High- quality Mining and Oilfield Water Treatment Chemicals, Says Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 1, 2012 - Direct linkages between suppliers and end users to prove mutually beneficial CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- South Africa is currently the only country in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with significant local manufacturing of water and wastewater treatment chemicals used in the mining and oilfields markets. In contrast, Nigeria, Angola, Botswana and Namibia rely on import of these chemicals. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Sub- Saharan Africa Mining and Oilfield Water Treatment Chemicals Market, covers the demand for mining and oilfield water treatment chemicals in mining countries (Namibia, Botswana and South Africa) and oilfield countries (Nigeria and Angola). The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for oilfield water treatment chemicals in Angola and Nigeria is forecast at 10.5 % over 2010- 2017, while the CAGR for water treatment chemicals in the mining sector in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia over the same period is projected at 3.8 %. Mining and oil and gas markets constitute a sizeable proportion of the economies of several countries in SSA. These markets are major consumers of water and, in turn, produce large volumes of wastewater.