Sasol sees lower H1 headline earnings on currency, mine strike

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African petrochemicals group Sasol Ltd said on Thursday it expected H1 headline earnings to fall between 34 and 44 percent because of late year gains by the rand currency, strike at a coal mine and one-off items. [nJseZ0005a] * The company said headline earnings per share, which stripout certain one-off items and are the main profit gauge in SouthAfrica, could fall to as much as 13.60 rand from 24.28 rand inthe same period in 2015. * "Although the average rand/US d