UPDATE 1-S.Africa's Sasol gives go-ahead to $8.1 bln U.S. ethane cracker
October 27, 2014 at 11:18 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Sasol will build an $8.1 billion plant in the U.S. state of Louisiana to convert natural gas into plastics ingredient ethylene, it said on Monday, as part of the biggest overseas investment by a South African company.