Soda ash producer OCI Resources recently said that demand was starting to return to the soda ash market as the global economy begins to recover. Kirk Milling, CEO of OCI Enterprises, which operates the Wyoming Green River facility in the US, said that he expected soda ash demand consumption to increase in line with economic improvement in both developing and established markets. Prices are expected to move higher on the back of extra demand from Australia and Europe where Penrice and Solvay recently announced they were taking plants offline, he explained. Meanwhile, fellow US soda ash producer, FMC Wyoming Corp, announced mid-September that it will increase the price of two soda ash grades sold to South African customers by $30/tonne with immediate effect, or as contracts allows. The increase applies to FMC Wyoming's Grade 260 "dense" soda ash and Grade 100 "light" soda ash sold to South African customers.
