Soda ash latest news

• December 2010

  US mining safety bill rejected by House of Representatives

  13 December 2010

  Falls short of two-third majority; industrial minerals association welcomes decision

• US soda ash industry gets royalty reduction extension

  10 December 2010

  Bill pushed through to support US soda ash sector in face of Chinese competition

• Oilfield minerals get boost from higher November rig count

  07 December 2010

  Global oil and gas exploration rises 29% to fuel barytes, bentonite demand

• First Saudi Arabian soda ash plant planned for Jubail

  02 December 2010

  IDEA International plans soda ash, calcium chloride plant as glass market grows

• Venezuelan government nationalises glass plants

  01 December 2010

  Glass giant Owens-Illinois looks to legal process over expropriation

• November 2010

  USA’s Natural Soda targets 250,000 tpa sodium bicarbonate

  25 November 2010

  Colorado-based producer, formerly AmerAlia, approved to double capacity

• China boosts October production for non-metallic minerals

  22 November 2010

  Non-metallic output rises 26% despite government’s emissions clampdown

• Price hike for US soda ash exports as supplies fall

  08 November 2010

  ANSAC announces global price rise to take effect in January, investment encouraged

• Price Briefing: Week 44

  04 November 2010

  Soda ash shocker; graphite rises in store; potash, perlite and iron oxide firming

• Solvay boosts soda ash volumes

  01 November 2010

  Belgian group’s chemicals division reports 33% earnings increase for third quarter