Next year global soda ash plant operating rate will increase

Due to the dual impact of market demand growth and capacity expansion delay, the global soda ash plant operating rate is expected to further increase in 2007. London-based Harriman Chemsult Consulting predicted last week that the global soda ash plant operating rate will increase from 87% this year to over 90%.
Analysts said that the supply of soda ash in North America has been tense in the past two years, mainly due to the closure of the 0.95 million tons/year soda ash plant in Solvay Chemical, Colorado, which began in 2004 and the increase in export demand. In this case, the North American soda ash production plant is almost at full capacity. The price of the product has increased by tens of US dollars per ton since 2004.
The consulting company also stated that the soda ash demand in the US market will not change much in the next few years, and the demand for soda ash in Western Europe is expected to grow at an average rate of 1% per annum. In stark contrast to this, the market demand in developing countries will grow rapidly. Among them, China will grow rapidly at an average annual rate of 10% to 12%, and the average annual growth rate in Eastern Europe and India will be 4% to 6%, and the average annual growth rate in the South American market will also be high, about 5% to 7%. .
Due to the slow growth in market demand, no new capacity will be put into production in the soda ash market in North America and Western Europe in the next few years. However, new production capacity will be put into production in China, Eastern Europe and India, where market demand is rapidly growing. According to Harriman estimates, China's soda ash production capacity will increase by 60,000 tons/year to 17.8 million tons/year in 2007, and by 2008, China's soda ash production capacity will further increase to 19.5 million tons/year. Of course, whether these new production capacity can be put into production on schedule still has great uncertainty. In India, Gujarat Heavy Chemicals is expanding the capacity of its soda ash plant in Sutrapada, India, by 250,000 tons per year. After the project is completed, the plant's capacity will be expanded to 850,000 tons per year. Tata Chemical's soda ash plant capacity expansion project in India is also nearing completion. The capacity of the plant will be expanded from 875,000 tons/year to 1.085 million tons/year. In addition to the Indian project, Tata's new 360,000-ton/year soda ash plant at Lake Magadi in Kenya is currently undergoing trial operation; in Tanzania, a 500,000 tons/year soda ash plant is under construction and is expected to start production in 2009. In Eastern Europe, about 1.2 million tons/year of new capacity will be completed and put into operation in the next five years.

Custom Metal Stamping Services 

Jiantong Hardware offers custom Metal Stamping services from prototype through production quantities. We run stamping in a variety of metals include Mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper and metal alloy. Thickness we`re able to proceed ups to 0.315"(8mm) thick, but our specialty is .008"(2.0mm)-.236"(6.0mm) thick with high-volume and tight tolerance. Our presses have full feed lines and are die sensor protection ready. We run nearly 60 million stampings per year at a 95% on time delivery rate. progressive die metal stamping

Our mould type include progressive and single hit dies, presses capabilities range from 8 tons to 400tons. We promise all our products are fully inspected using vision systems, optical comparators, CMM equipment and functional gauges before shipment. Industries we have served include aerospace, medical, automotive, home appliance and electronics.

Other advantages:

· In-house tooling, gauge and fixture building

· Free samples will be offered on request

· We support prototype and lower MOQ

· 4 years of gold supplier in alibaba provides full guarantee of trade transactions

· Inspection processes capable of first article, PPAP, collecting CPK data, lot controlling and functional checks


With Wire EDM, CNC lathe, CNC machining, Grinding and milling, we can be a single source for your assembly and sub-assembly needs.  Reach us today and save your money !

Stamping Parts

Stamping Parts,Precision Metal Stamping,Custom Stamping Parts,Aluminum Stamping

Nanpi Jian Tong Hardware Manufacturing Co., Ltd. , https://www.sheetmetals.nl