Is the national soda ash market truly far from being saturated?
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Our factory produces 600,000 tons of soda ash, and we have built another plant with a capacity of 600,000 tons for soda ash production. Now they are expanding the old plant again: raising the production capacity from 600,000 tons to 1 million tons. Is the domestic soda ash market really not saturated yet?
At least the soda ash market is not saturated at present; it will become saturated if the scale and volume of new projects continue to increase. ——Judging from the current situation, with new soda ash projects being approved continuously, along with expansions and new constructions, there is a clear trend toward saturation.
Our company is also expanding, but it’s nothing compared to what the original poster’s company is doing. It seems that all soda ash plants and fertilizer factories are expanding as well
Didn’t Shandong just build one million tons worth of capacity? I think everyone has a prisoner’s mentality: if you stay small, you’ll be eliminated in future competition; everyone is expanding, so there will definitely be an oversupply in the entire market.
Our 300,000 tons seems small. It’s better not to do it. It’s so difficult; if we don’t develop, we’re doomed. What about development? Market?
It is said that the soda ash plant in Delingha, Qinghai, has a production capacity of 2 million tons; it is funded by Taiwanese investors, with a large portion of the output being used for their own needs!
In my area, there is a newly developed large-scale aluminum industry, so caustic soda remains in short supply
Thanks to foreign markets, the domestic market for high-energy-consuming products is still fairly good. (Low domestic energy prices)