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Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity *soda ash* 

Soda ash is the trade name for sodium carbonate, a chemical refined from the mineral trona or sodium-carbonate-bearing brines (both referred to as "natural soda ash") or manufactured from one of several chemical processes (referred to as "synthetic soda ash").  It is an essential raw material in glass, chemicals, detergents, and other important industrial products.  In 1998, in terms of production, soda ash was the 11th largest inorganic chemical of all domestic inorganic and organic chemicals, excluding petrochemical feedstocks.  Although soda ash represented only 2% of the total $39 billion U.S. nonfuel mineral industry, its use in many diversified products contributed substantially to the gross domestic product of the United States.  Because soda ash is used in flat glass for automobile manufacture and building construction, which are important economic sectors of the domestic economy, monthly soda ash production data are incorporated into monthly economic indicators for industrial production by the Federal Reserve Board, which monitors the condition of the U.S. economy.

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### **Monthly Publications**

Mineral Industry Surveys (for past years, see ***archives***)
                            - Soda Ash    PDF Format:      2024: |  Jan  |  Feb  |  Mar  |  Apr  |  May  |  Jun  |  **Jul**  |      2023: |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep  |  Oct  |  Nov  |  Dec  |    XLSX Format:      2024: |  Jan  |  Feb  |  Mar  |  Apr  |  May  |  Jun  |  **Jul**  |      2023: |  Jul   |  Aug   |  Sep  |  Oct  |  Nov  |  Dec  |
                            - U.S Production of Selected Mineral Commodities (Quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys)

### **Annual Publications**

Mineral Commodity Summaries
                            - Soda Ash    PDF Format:       |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  |  2019  |  2020  |  2021  |  2022  |  2023  |  **2024**  |
                            - Appendixes

Minerals Yearbook
                            - Soda Ash    PDF Format:       |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  **2019**  |    XLS Format:       |  2002  |  2003  |  2004  |  2005  |  2006  |  2007  |  2008  |  2009  |  2010  |  2011  |  2012  |  2013  |  2014  |  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  **2019**  |  2020 tables-only release  |  **2021 tables-only release**  |  **2022 tables-only release**  |
                            - Archive       |  1932-1993  |

### **Special Publications**

                            - Abstracts of papers presented at the First International Soda Ash Conference, June 10-12, 1997
                            -  Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States    Data Series 140                               - Soda Ash  (Sodium Carbonate)
                              - Sodium sulfate 
                            - The Origin of the U.S. Natural and Synthetic Soda Ash Industries
                            - Soda Ash Supply-Demand Relationships                               - 1970-2000  (PDF)   Source:  Mineral Industry Surveys, Soda Ash and Sodium Sulfate, February 2001. 
                            - Sodium Carbonate Resources of the Green River Formation    OF96-729
                            -  Statistical Compendium                                - Soda Ash 

### Contacts

#### Wallace Bolen

##### Mineral Commodity Specialist

National Minerals Information Center

wbolen@usgs.gov

703-648-7727