Bereznyaki Soda Plant to Launch New Production

In 2Q 2006, Bereznyaki Soda Plant started implementation of the project on the startup of production of "heavy" soda of the capacity of 500 thousand tons per annum. The facility is to be put into operation in 2009, the investment cost of the project is over RUR992 million.

Until recently soda ash of the B grade is in conformity with technical requirements. Today, soda ash of the A grade ('heavy" soda) is more preferable thanks to high pouring density and grain-size composition. In recent years major soda ash consumers have developed toward the use of "heavy" soda.