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Head to Head (Paperback)
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Head to Head (Paperback)
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Loot Price R443
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Oliver Hill is one of the best known entrepreneurs in South Africa.
He was responsible for creating the fertiliser industry in the then
Rhodesia by building not only the largest plant of its kind in the
Southern hemisphere, but also the first large terminal for
receiving liquid gas in Africa. Following on this he conceived the
idea of building chemical plants on floating platforms so as to cut
the time and costs of building in the remote areas of the world. To
exploit this idea he contracted to build the world's first floating
chemical plant for Indonesia at a cost of U$250 million. Based on
the concept of building plants on floating platforms so as to build
them in civilised circumstances, he proposed a floating GTL plant
for Alaska North Slope. BP however rejected the idea as
temperatures in Alaska were -40 degrees. The studies were given to
Sasol who had given the technology to him, and who then used them
to build the first GTL plant in Mossel Bay. He then used the
cryogenic terminal in Maputo to start a fertiliser factory in
Swaziland and introduced the first high analysis fertilisers to
South Africa at double the concentration of the existing products.
In order to better utilise the Swazi plant he started an explosives
business which was a South African monopoly at the time. To break
into the market he made an agreement with Du Pont in America and
introduced the new concept of water gel explosives which were
making dynamite obsolete in America. After a protracted struggle
the South African monopoly agreed to take a licence from him and
Dynamite has disappeared from the Southern African market. He also
became involved in building a plant for Du Pont's system of roof
bolting for the mining industry using polyester cartridges (now the
industry standard). He also invented a cheap detonating relay
system which was used by Du Pont in America. Head to Head is the
story of the enormous struggle to break into the markets against
the most powerful cartels in Southern Africa. These cartels were
little interested in new technologies and fought tooth and nail
against the ideas introduced by Oliver Hill. In order to finance
these enterprises a host of innovative financing tools were
introduced, as well as aggressive marketing tools. At the end of it
all the chemical industry has been transformed.
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