Our Operations
Our commercial operations started in 2009
Eti Soda, Türkiye
The first to use solution extraction technology
Derince Port, Türkiye
Our main export terminal in Türkiye
Production sites
Kazan
Location: Ankara, Türkiye. Our largest production facility, using solution extraction and innovative process technology. Kazan Soda produces ~3 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually, sold to our customers in Türkiye and exported around the world.
Eti
Location: Ankara, Türkiye. Eti Soda was the first facility in the world to utilise innovative solution extraction technology on a commercial scale. Eti Soda produces ~2 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually, sold to our customers in Türkiye and exported around the world.
Derince Port
Over 80% of our production from Türkiye is exported, with almost 70% exported in bulk from our dedicated port facility at Derince. It has a 330m long pier that can load the world's largest bulk carriers at a rate of over 2,200 tonnes per hour.
Kazan Soda
Established in 2011
Kazan started commercial operations at the end of 2017 following our investment of over US$1.9 billion to develop the facility. Kazan Soda produces ~3 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually. By mid-2026, we plan to increase production to ~4 million mt and further reduce our unit production costs.
Kazan Soda has an estimated 27 years of remaining mineable trona reserves, exploited using innovative solution extraction technology. The production plant consists of three sub-units: solution extraction, processing and a gas-powered cogen facility producing power and steam for use in the plant augmented with our onsite solar power and with excess power generation exported to the State grid.
Kazan Soda produces and sells ~3 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually.
Eti Soda
First established in 1998
Eti Soda is located in the same geographic region as Kazan Soda. Following over US$ 700 million of initial investment, commercial operations started in 2009. We further expanded our production facilities in 2017. Eti Soda produces and sells ~2 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually. Total combined production from Eti Soda is expected to remain at ~2 million mtpa.
Eti Soda was the first soda ash production facility in the world to utilise innovative solution extraction technology on a commercial scale and has an estimated 20 years of remaining mineable trona reserves.
The production plant consists of three sub-units: extraction, processing and a coal and biomass-powered cogen facility producing power and steam for use in the plant.
Eti Soda produces and sells ~2 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually.
Derince Port
In Türkiye, our main export terminal is Derince Port
Over 80% of our production from Türkiye is exported, with almost 70% exported in bulk from our dedicated port facility at Derince.
Approximately 300 km from our production facilities, Derince Port has a 330m long pier that can load the world’s largest bulk carrier ships at a rate of over 2,200 tonnes per hour. We also export in 27 tonne container liner bags and 1.25 tonne bags from other port facilities.
Derince Port has a 330m long pier that can load the world's largest bulk carrier ships at a rate of over 2,200 tonnes per hour.
Supply chain
We believe that greater supply chain transparency will enable and support sustainable business models, build trust and strengthen relationships with customers and other stakeholders, and also incentivise an industry-wide sustainability transition.
We aim to apply our sustainability governance and practices to all our partners across our upstream and downstream supply chains. These factors are an important consideration during our procurement processes. To support our work in this area we began the development of a sustainable procurement platform, Promena, that will track, measure and assess our supply chain from an operational, environmental, social and governance perspective.
Digitised global supply chain
We operate a highly digitised global supply chain
We were the first company in the world to develop a customer app that allows our customers to track individual bulk shipments, containers or even individual bags, enhancing our product traceability and customer service.
Logistics and ports
Global supply chain reliability is a key part of our success
We are the largest global exporter of soda ash, delivering product from our two production facilities to over 150 individual destinations in 80 countries. To achieve this, we have an integrated global supply chain that operates 24/7.
In Türkiye, 100% of our production from Eti and Kazan is shipped by road via a fleet of over 450 silo trailers, with over 80% exported, mainly to Europe, Asia, China, South America, the Middle East and Africa, with small volumes also supplying the US East Coast.
Over 70% of our Turkish production volumes are sold via approximately 30 exclusive regional distributors around the world, under multi-year supply agreements. Our distributors are an extension of our global supply chain and serve small- and medium-sized industrial consumers in their designated supply regions.
Our port facilities
In Türkiye, our main export terminal is at Derince Port, approximately 300 km from our production facilities, where we have exclusive pier and storage facilities and can load bulk vessels at a rate of up to 2,200 tonnes per hour.
Almost 70% of our production is exported in bulk, but we also export in 27 tonne container liner bags and 1.25 tonne bags from other port facilities.
Soda ash shipments
Bulk shipment loaded at up to 2,200mt per hour
Loading twelve 1.25 tonne break bulk bags at a time
Palletised 25kg bags in a cargo ship hold
27 tonne liner bag in a shipping container
Container loaded with 1.25 tonne XL Big Bags
Palletised 25kg bags for container shipment
Our customers
We deliver an essential ingredient that allows our customers to create materials the entire world uses every day
Globally, we supply 100+ large industrial customers and regional distributors, in ~80 countries, delivering to around 150 individual global destinations.
Our exclusive regional distributor network is an extension of our global supply chain, allowing us to provide the best levels of service to our large global customers and also access smaller and inland customers in every region.
We maintain very close, long term customer relationships and typically supply our customers via multi-year supply agreements. Our customers most value the quality of our product and the proven, long-term reliability of our global supply chain.
