Industrial Minerals


UPDATE: Delfzijl plant closure

18 May 2009

by Mike O'Driscoll

BM soda ash plant posted losses since 2003; situation is now “unsustainable”

Keywords: soda ash, Brunner Mond, Tata Chemicals, glass, ceramics, sodium carbonate

Further to IM’s report on 14 May 2009 regarding Brunner Mond’s plans over closing its Delfzijl soda ash operation in the Netherlands, in a statement the company revealed to IM: “...the business is forecasting continued heavy losses and, given the current economic downturn, the situation is now unsustainable.”...