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The Magadi Soda Company is Africa’s largest soda ash
manufacturer and one of Kenya’s leading exporters.
The company was established in 1911 and is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Brunner Mond Group, a Tata Chemical subsidiary.
Magadi Soda Company is a leading producer of sodium carbonate
and salt. The company employs over 450 people at its facilities
at Lake Magadi. It recovers trona ore from surface deposits
at the base of the Rift Valley and converts it into sodium
carbonate (soda ash). The operations at Lake Magadi are
situated 120km south west of Nairobi. The soda ash is transported
by rail to the Port of Mombasa for onward shipping.
Soda ash is an essential constituent in the manufacture
of glass and important in the production of detergents and
industrial chemicals. Over 95 per cent of the output is
exported to markets in South East Asia, the Indian sub-continent,
Africa and the Middle East.
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