Tata Chemicals has opened a $100 million soda ash plant in Kenya, Africa that enhances the capacity of its Kenyan subsidiary.??
According to the company, it is aiming to boost the production capacity of soda ash to one million tonnes over the next three years.?
?“The new facility will propel Kenya to produce 2% of the world’s natural soda ash,” said Prasad Menon, Director of Tata Chemicals. ??“The importance of this new facility is particularly vindicated by the fact that global demand for soda ash is expected to reach 58 million tonnes by 2015 against the current demand of 49 million tonnes,” Mr Menon added.