Kenya's Magadi soda ash line runs at 80% on poor demand

14 January 2009 02:55  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--Kenyan soda ash maker, Magadi Soda is running its 350,000 tonne/year plant in southern Kenya at 80% capacity on the back of poor demand, said a company source on Wednesday.

The facility was commissioned on 1 July 2008 and ran at 40% capacity until the end of the year, added the source.

“The operating rate was increased to 80% from the beginning of this year but we decided not to run the plant at full rates due to poor demand,” said the source.

Magadi was acquired by India’s Tata Chemicals in December 2005.

Magadi operates another 350,000tonne/year facility at the same site in southern Kenya.

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