Arthur / Boca Raton / St. Albans / Buffalo / Philadelphia / Cleveland / Detroit / Amherstburg / Seattle / Baltimore / Houston-Galveston / New York / Norfolk / Savannah / New Orleans / Los Angeles / Miami / Mobile / San Diego / Chicago / San Juan / /
Company
Tg Soda Ash Inc. / Colonial First State Private Equity Ltd. / Nanjing Chemical Industries / FMC Wyoming Corp. / Solvay Soda Ash Joint Venture / Solvay S.A. / FMC Corp. / Harris Chemical Group / Sun Capital Partners Inc. / American Alkali Inc. / Solvay Minerals Inc. / Asahi Glass Co. / Castle Harlan Inc. / Exploration Inc. / Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners / American Natural Soda Ash Corp. / Union Pacific Resources Co. / Republic / The Williams Companies Inc. / Westpac Private Equity Pty. Ltd. / Quadrant Capital / Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. / Rhône-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co. / IMC Global Inc. / Searles Valley Minerals Inc. / American Soda L.L.P. / United States Mineral Resources / Australian Consolidated Industries International / North American Chemical Co. / China PetroChemical Corp. / Williams Sodium Products Co. / New York Mercantile Exchange / OCI Chemical Corp. / Sumitomo Corp. / Solvay Chemicals Inc. / General Chemical Corp. / Bank of the United States / Oriental Chemical Industries Chemical Corp. / Solvay America Inc. / Commerce Port Import / Penrice Soda Products Pty. Ltd. / Tosoh Wyoming Inc. / Anadarko Petroleum Corp. / Owens-Illinois Inc. / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / Asia / North America / South America / /
Country
Ecuador / Venezuela / Netherlands / Bahamas / Bulgaria / Guatemala / South Africa / Peru / Egypt / Thailand / Colombia / France / Japan / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Pakistan / Brazil / Suriname / Panama / Dominican Republic / Canada / Australia / Portugal / Korea / United Kingdom / China / Philippines / Israel / Ethiopia / Trinidad and Tobago / India / Costa Rica / Taiwan / Germany / Romania / Saudi Arabia / Italy / Mexico / Iran / United Arab Emirates / Chile / Poland / Indonesia / Belgium / Turkey / Malaysia / Russia / Austria / United States / Vietnam / Columbia / Nigeria / Argentina / Ukraine / South Korea / Spain / Ireland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / Reorganization / Name Change / Layoffs / /
Facility
f.o.b. plant / Port Arthur / /
IndustryTerm
transportation charges / technology expertise / owned subsidiary / natural gas / transportation costs / continued high energy / sodiumbase inorganic chemicals / alkali chemical / food / Internet References Cited / soda ash producer / boron chemicals / chemical processes / energy requirements / gas price / gas desulfurization / chemical and household products / chemicals / chemical alliance / soda ash manufacturing expertise / solution mining underground nahcolite / compact and superconcentrated products / gas announcement / summertime beverage consumption / detergent manufacturers / flue gas desulfurization / oil stains / chemical elements / energy costs / beverage containers / energy-intensive industries / energy surcharge / consumer products / technology incorporating enzymes / nahcolite solution-mining site / Internet References Cited section / /
NaturalFeature
Dry lake / Green River / Searles Lake / /
Organization
Society for Mining / Reporting Service / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Van Nostrand Reinhold / Regina R. Coleman / /
Position
leader for the foreseeable future / Chemical Market Reporter / statistical assistant / producer / Chemical Marketing Reporter / Cited Chemical Market Reporter / 2004a / international data coordinator / major member / leading soda ash producer / /
Product
sodium bicarbonate / sodium phosphates / /
ProvinceOrState
Indiana / New York / California / Colorado / Ontario / Texas / Wyoming / Florida / /
Region
Oceania / Middle East / Central America / Western Europe / Southwest / East Africa / Central Europe / Caribbean / Eastern Europe / /
Soda Ash By Dennis S. Kostick Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Jeffrey A. Milanovich, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Regina R. Coleman, international data coordinato