From highest quality production and lowest environmental impact to continuous innovation, we challenge the status quo
Our soda ash has a 99.8% purity, and is digitally monitored and inspection tested throughout production and shipping
Using state-of-the-art facilities, we work with our customers to develop new uses for soda ash
We produce and deliver 5 million tonnes of soda ash per year, equivalent to filling a 29 tonne truck load every 3 minutes
Eti Soda and Kazan Soda are two of the lowest cost production facilities in the world. We aim to operate these facilities at or above 100% capacity utilisation, 100% of the time.
This is possible because we focus on natural soda ash production utilising our patented solution extraction process, and our experience and know how in optimally maintaining and running these facilities.
Over 5 million tonnes per year is equivalent to filling a 29 tonne truck load every 3 minutes, every hour of the day, 365 days a year, and then delivering it on time to our customers in 80 countries.
It is an enormous logistical task that operates 24/7, and requires a sophisticated and reliable global supply chain. We have a track record of delivery, as evidenced by our long-term relationships with the world's biggest industrial customers.
Our soda ash has a 99.8% purity. It is digitally monitored and inspection tested at all key stages of the production process and during transportation, from raw material supply, through intermediate materials to the finished product, and then at each stage of the shipping process. All of our facilities are ISO certified.
Solution extraction has very little surface impact, very limited solid and liquid waste and uses far less energy and water than synthetic production processes.
We focus on continuously reducing our unit energy and water consumption and reducing our CO2 emissions. Our production facilities have the lowest CO2 emissions per tonne in the global soda ash industry, with Eti operating at almost 70% lower than the global industry average.
We continuously focus on safety and monitor our performance. Solution extraction does not require any underground operatives and so it is inherently a far safer trona extraction method.
We actively embed innovation into the culture of our business. Through innovation we continuously refine and improve our technological processes, maintain our industry leadership position, and aim for 100% customer satisfaction.
Our Innovation Team encourages all colleagues to participate in developing new projects and processes. To foster a culture of continuous improvement, successfully implemented ideas leading to improvement are rewarded through staff benefit packages.
Examples of innovative projects adopted at our sites as part of continuous improvement include:
Soda ash is the 10th most consumed inorganic compound in the world, that has been used for over 5,000 years and had been produced in substantially the same way for decades.
At Eti Soda, we were the first company to challenge the status quo, by using solution extraction to dissolve trona in commercial volumes. This patented technology enables us to extract the trona using a closed loop system at the lowest cost, with minimal environmental and surface impact and almost no waste.
Kazan Soda was the second facility to use solution extraction technology and, based on our experience at Eti, we were able to further optimise the production process.
Soda ash is manufactured in varying grades of size, density and shape. It is exactly this flexibility which makes it suitable for use across a wide range of industries from glass making to dry powder detergents, food manufacturing and speciality chemical and metallurgical processes.
At our state-of-the-art facilities we collaborate with our customers to provide them with the grade and quality of product they require and, through on-going research and development, we assess and develop new opportunities for using soda ash in new and innovative ways.