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February 2019
26 February 2019
US flat glass sales rebound in 2018, with producers forecasting another positive year in 2019
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26 February 2019
Solvay is improving plant efficiency to add 500,000 tpy to its soda ash capacity across four sites, amid market tightness, but cannot foresee a good enough return on investment at a greenfield site until “fair” pricing has been achieved.
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22 February 2019
Production of soda ash has been steadily returning to the Chinese market, and this has resulted in the export price for the material softening in this week’s assessment.
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20 February 2019
Low-grade ore and unplanned maintenance problems harmed production in the second and third quarters of 2018, but Ciner Resources produced a record amount of soda ash in the October-December quarter.
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12 February 2019
A local government in Kenya says that Tata Chemicals has defaulted on payments for land rates for several years, with local media reporting that the resulting dispute could lead to a soda ash facility being closed.