TABLE 3 | ||||||||
U.S. PRODUCERS OF SODA ASH IN 2014 | ||||||||
(Million short tons unless otherwise noted) | ||||||||
Plant | ||||||||
nameplate | Source of | |||||||
Company | Partner(s) | capacity | Plant location | sodium carbonate | ||||
FMC Wyoming Corp.: | None | |||||||
Granger | 1.30 | Granger, WY | Underground trona. | |||||
Green River | Joint venture with Sumitomo Corp. (6%)- | 3.55 | Green River, WY | Do. | ||||
OCI Wyoming LLC | OCI Co., Ltd. (51%) and Natural Resources | 3.25 | do. | Do. | ||||
Partners L.P. (49%) | ||||||||
Searles Valley Minerals, Inc. | None | 1.45 | Trona, CA | Dry lake brine. | ||||
Solvay Chemicals, Inc.: | ||||||||
Green River | Joint venture with Asahi Glass Co. (20%) | 2.80 | Green River, WY | Underground trona. | ||||
Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners | Joint venture with Owens-Illinois, Inc. (25%) | 2.80 | Green River, WY | Underground trona. | ||||
Total | 15.00 | |||||||
Total | million metric tons | 13.60 | ||||||
Do., do. Ditto. | ||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices