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Growth in the soda ash industry continues to be influenced by three key factors - economy, prices, and supply and demand scenario of chemicals. Soda ash consumption can be considered a strong indicator of strength of economies. This is because demand for soda ash is mainly driven by glass, an important constituent of the two volatile industries - automobile manufacture and building industry. Soda ash is used in water treatment for controlling pH levels, and in the pulp and paper industries for wood fiber pulping. In the detergent industry, soda ash is used in dry detergent applications as the prime alkali to make phosphates and silicates.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Soda Ash: World Market Review" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses.

SODA ASH BMR-2032

CONTENTS

1. METHODOLOGY 1

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1

Disclaimers 2

Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3

2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW 4

Outlook 4

Per Person Consumption of Soda Ash 4

Industry in the Recent Past 5

Snapshots 5

Pricing Scenario in 2004 and 2005 6

Raw Material Supply - An Important Determinant 6

Deep-Sea Shipping Prices Pose Another Threat 6

3. PRODUCTION SCENARIO 7

China Outstrips US 7

Leading Producers of Soda Ash 8

Natural Soda Ash Dominates World Production 8

4. PRODUCT FACTS 9

Applications 9

A. Glass 9

B. Chemicals 9

C. Soaps & Detergents 9

D. Pulp & Paper 9

E. Flue Gas Desulfurization 9

F. Water Treatment 10

G. Miscellaneous 10

5. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS 10

RUSAL Develops Soda Ash from Nepheline Syenite 10

FMC Introduces AbsorptaPlus 10

The Bicar Method 10

Champion International's BFR Process 10

Electrolytical Conversion of Sodium Chromate to Sodium Bichromate 11

Busan 1130 - A New Leather Treatment Bactericide 11

Recovery of Strontium Carbonate 11

6. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 11

S&A Abahsain to Enter into Joint Venture with General Chemicals 11

GHCL to Increase Capacity of Soda Ash 12

Penrice Clinches Contract 12

Penrice Extends Partnership Agreement with Amcor 12

Tata Chemicals Acquires General Chemical Industrial's Soda Ash

Business 12

Nirma Purchases Searles Valley Minerals 13

Solvay to Expand Production Capacity of Soda Ash 13

Ciech to Acquire Sodawerk Stassfurt 13

Fabrika Lukavac Commences the Construction of Heavy Soda Ash

Plant 14

Solvay Sodi to Increase Bulgarian Soda Ash Production Capacity 14

Wuxi Yiduo to Establish Ammonium Chloride and Soda Ash Facilities 14

Carlyle Plans to Buyout Shandong Haihua 15

Penrice and Windimurra Ink Supply Contract 15

Penrice Soda Bags Soda Ash Supply Contracts 15

Nirma Plans to Expand Soda Ash Capacity 15

ICI Pakistan to Expand Soda Ash Production Capacity 15

Magadi Soda to Launch a Soda Ash Facility 16

Tata Chemicals and Tanzanian Government Enter into a Joint

Venture 16

National Bank of Egypt and CNCEC Ink an Agreement 16

7. MAJOR PLAYERS 17

Ciech Chemical Group (Poland) 17

DC Chemical Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 17

FMC Corporation (USA) 17

Hubei Shuanghuan Chemical Group (China) 17

Nirma Ltd. (India) 17

Searles Valley Minerals (USA) 17

OCI Chemical Corporation (USA) 18

Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd. (Australia) 18

Shandong Haihua Co., Ltd. (China) 18

Solvay S.A. (Belgium) 18

Soda Sanayii A.S. (Turkey) 18

Tata Chemicals Ltd. (India) 19

General Chemical Industrial Products, Inc. (USA) 19

General Chemical (Soda Ash) Partners (USA) 19

Brunner Mond Group (UK) 19

8. MARKET ANALYTICS 20

9. THE UNITED STATES 34

Production of Soda Ash Crosses US$1 Billion in 2007 34

Supply-Demand Scenario 34

Prices Remain Firm 35

Plant Closures Aid in Price Rise 35

End-Use Analysis 36

Glass 36

Soaps and Detergents 36

Soda Ash Replaces Phosphoric Acid 36

Competitive Scenario 36

Export- Import Scenario 37

10. CANADA 39

Export/Import Statistics 40

11. JAPAN 41

12. EUROPE 43

a. France 47

b. Germany 48

c. Italy 50

d. The United Kingdom 51

e. Spain 53

f. Russia 54

g. Rest of Europe 56

13. ASIA-PACIFIC 58

a. China 61

b. Rest of Asia-Pacific 64

14. LATIN AMERICA 68

15. REST OF WORLD 70

EXHIBITS

Table 1: Leading Soda Ash Producers in the World by Production

Capacity - 2008E (in Million Tons)

Table 2: Soda Ash Production in Select Countries in the World -

2007 (in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 3: Global Consumption of Soda Ash by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 4: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 5: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Glass Sector by

Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 6: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Glass Sector by Region for the

Years 2008 & 2012

Table 7: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Glass Sector by

Segment for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 8: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Glass Sector by Segment for the

Years 2008 & 2012

Table 9: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Container Glass

Sector by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand

Metric Tons)

Table 10: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Container Glass Sector by Region

for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 11: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Flat Glass Sector

by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 12: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Flat Glass Sector by Region for the

Years 2008 & 2012

Table 13: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Fiber Glass Sector

by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 14: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Fiber Glass Sector by Region for

the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 15: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Other Glass Sector

by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 16: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Other Glass Sector by Region for

the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 17: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Chemicals Sector

by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric

Tons)

Table 18: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Chemicals Sector by Region for the

Years 2008 & 2012

Table 19: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Soaps & Detergents

Sector by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand

Metric Tons)

Table 20: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Soaps & Detergents Sector by

Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 21: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Pulp & Paper

Sector by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand

Metric Tons)

Table 22: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Pulp & Paper Sector by Region for

the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 23: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Fluegas

Desulfurization Applications Sector by Region for the Period

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 24: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Fluegas Desulfurization

Applications Sector by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 25: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Water Treatment

Applications Sector by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales

in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 26: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Water Treatment Applications

Sector by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 27: Global Consumption of Soda Ash in Miscellaneous

Applications Sector by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Sales

in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 28: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash in Miscellaneous Applications Sector

by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 29: Global Consumption of Soda Ash by Region for the

Period 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 30: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Global

Consumption of Soda Ash by Region for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 31: Leading Players in the US Soda Ash Market by

Production - 2007E (in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 32: Percentage Breakdown of US Soda Ash Exports by

Country - 2007 (In Terms of Value)

Table 33: Percentage Breakdown of US Soda Ash Imports by

Country - 2007 (In Terms of Value)

Table 34: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in the

US: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 35: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in the US for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 36: Consumption of Soda Ash in the US: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 37: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Soda Ash Exports by

Country - 2007 (In Terms of Value)

Table 38: Percentage Breakdown of Canadian Soda Ash Imports by

Country - 2007 (In Terms of Value)

Table 39: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 40: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Canada for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 41: Consumption of Soda Ash in Canada: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 42: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Japan:

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 43: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Japan for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 44: Consumption of Soda Ash in Japan: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 45: Consumption of Soda Ash by Region in Europe:

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 46: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 47: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 48: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Europe for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 49: Consumption of Soda Ash by Region in Europe:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 50: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Consumption of

Soda Ash by Region in Europe for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 51: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

France: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 52: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in France for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 53: Consumption of Soda Ash in France: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 54: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 55: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Germany for the Years 2008

& 2012

Table 56: Consumption of Soda Ash in Germany: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 57: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 58: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Italy for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 59: Consumption of Soda Ash in Italy: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 60: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in the

UK: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 61: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in the UK for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 62: Consumption of Soda Ash in the UK: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 63: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Spain:

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 64: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Spain for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 65: Consumption of Soda Ash in Spain: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 66: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Russia: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 67: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Russia for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 68: Consumption of Soda Ash in Russia: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 69: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest

of Europe: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 70: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest of Europe for the Years

2008 & 2012

Table 71: Consumption of Soda Ash in Rest of Europe: 2007-2015

(Sales in US$ Million)

Table 72: Consumption of Soda Ash by Region in Asia-Pacific:

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 73: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by Region in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 74: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in

Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 75: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Asia-Pacific for the Years

2008 & 2012

Table 76: Consumption of Soda Ash by Region in Asia-Pacific:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 77: Percentage Breakdown (Value Sales) of Consumption of

Soda Ash by Region in Asia-Pacific for the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 78: Chinese Soda Ash Capacity, Production, and Exports

in 2007 (in Million Tons)

Table 79: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in China:

2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 80: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in China for the Years 2008 &

2012

Table 81: Consumption of Soda Ash in China: 2007-2015 (Sales

in US$ Million)

Table 82: Percentage Breakdown of Soda Ash Manufacturer Value

Sales in India - 2006

Table 83: Percentage Breakdown of Soda Ash Consumption by

End-Use Market - 2006

Table 84: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest

of Asia-Pacific: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 85: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest of Asia-Pacific for

the Years 2008 & 2012

Table 86: Consumption of Soda Ash in Rest of Asia-Pacific:

2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 87: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Latin

America: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 88: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Latin America for the Years

2008 & 2012

Table 89: Consumption of Soda Ash by Application in Latin

America: 2007-2015 (Sales in US$ Million)

Table 90: Consumption of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest

of World: 2007-2015 (Sales in Thousand Metric Tons)

Table 91: Percentage Breakdown (Volume Sales) of Consumption

of Soda Ash by End-Use Segment in Rest of World for the Years

2008 & 2012

Table 92: Consumption of Soda Ash in Rest of World: 2007-2015

(Sales in US$ Million)

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