AFRICAN Oxygen (Afrox) said on Friday it had secured a further two contracts to supply liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) worth R1.1bn.The gases and welding products group has landed a 10-year agreement to supply to a major distributor in Lesotho for R1bn.The contract with Gordons Enterprise will secure a new LPG filling site in the Maseru industrial development zone, providing a significant increase in storage, to supply the increased demand in the area.Separately, Afrox has landed a five-year deal to supply LPG to a distributor partner in Mthatha, the Eastern Cape, worth R100m."These two contracts demonstrate our ability to growexisting business with strategic partners, and enabling this is our supply-on-demand contract with global LPG supplier Petredec," Afrox MD Schalk Venter said.On Thursday, Afrox said it had secured a 10-year, R45m LPG deal with one of SA’s largest poultry producers.Afrox did not announce the name of the poultry producer but said it supplied stores such as Woolwor...
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