[Soda Ash] Tce To Invest £30M

Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) is to invest £30m in future-proofing at its Lostock soda ash manufacturing site in Northwich. The cash injection - which is being lined up in addition to the ongoing £7m/pa sustenance capital spend - is designed to help ensure this remains the case. It will build on the announcement earlier that TCE will benefit from an agreement for Lostock Sustainable Energy to construct, own and operate the £480mLostock Sustainable Energy Plant on the same site. The deal also includes a 25y contract for TCE to supply the facility of its Briskarb sodium bicarbonate.