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Did You Know
- We are the world’s third largest producer of soda ash.
- We are the world’s second largest producer of sodium percarbonate.
- Our annual soda ash production capacity is 3.25 million tons.
- The world’s largest, purest and most accessible trona deposits are located in the Green River Basin of Southwestern Wyoming.
- OCI’s trona beds are relatively shallow, about 850 feet deep.
- Our sodium percarbonate facility is one of the largest in the world.
- Our mine and surface rescue teams have won 5 National Mine Rescue and 2 International Surface Rescue championships.
- The ancient Egyptians used soda ash to make glass over 5,000 years ago.
- Soda ash is one of the top 10 inorganic chemicals produced in U.S.
- About 11% of the soda ash consumed in the U.S. is used in making detergents and soaps.
- OCI’s soda ash is both NSF and Kosher Certified.
- Sodium percarbonate is created by the chemical reaction between soda ash and hydrogen peroxide.
- Sodium percarbonate’s main usage is as a bleaching agent in laundry detergent powder.
- We can produce 60,000 Metric Tons of sodium percarbonate annually.
- OCI is the only sodium per carbonate manufacturer in the world who can supply in railcars.
- OCI has patented, safety pressure relief system on every railcar we use for PC supply.
- Trona is a mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, known chemically as sodium sesqui-carbonate (Na2CO3NaHCO32H2O).
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