Kungrad Soda Plant produces 95,890 tonnes of soda ash in 2014
02/05/2015 18:14
Kungrad Soda Plant produces 95,890 tonnes of soda ash in 2014
02/05/2015 18:14
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Kungrad Soda Plant produced 95,890 tonnes of soda ash in 2014, the newspaper Khalq Sozi reported.
According to the paper, the enterprise produced 96,420 tonnes of soda ash in 2013, while the figure reached 95,890 tonnes of soda ash in 2014. Large number of products was exported.
Kungrad Soda Plant is only enterprise on production of soda ash in Central Asia. The enterprise was commissioned in August 2006 by China’s Citic Pacific Ltd. and Uzkimyosanoat. Total project cost was US$100 million.
The project capacity of the enterprise is 100,000 tonnes of ash soda a year. The main raw material for construction of soda ash is sodium chloride (salt) and limestone.
All main raw materials for production are produced in Uzbekistan. The sodium chloride is mined at Barsakelmes deposit, located 53km away from Kungrad Soda Plant and limestone at Jamansay limestone deposit, developed at 250 km away from the plant. According to geologists, the approved reserves of these raw materials can satisfy demand of the plant for over 100 years.
Currently, Uzkimyosanoat and Citic Pacific Ltd. are implementing a project on increasing the capacity of the plant to 200,000 tonnes of soda ash a year.
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