Page 22 - 2021_AR_Neat
P. 22
ANNUAL REPORT 2021
BRINGING CLEAN AMERICAN SODA ASH TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
A new state-of-the-art export facility for natural soda ash and distributing it around the world
soda ash is coming to the Port of Stockton, since 1962 from its Green River, Wyoming
bringing significant economic and environmental facility. The production and export of natural
benefits with it to the region. The project will be soda ash o sets the need for its synthetic
built and operated by Denmar U.S., LLC, a joint counterpart, which is produced largely from coal
venture of Ciner – one of the world’s leading power and produces substantial toxic
producers of low-cost, natural soda ash – and the byproducts. Another environmental benefit
IMISK Group – a global operator of terminal, arising from this project is the extensive soil
remediation that will take place in advance of
construction at the West Complex site, reversing
“THIS FACILITY REPRESENTS A the contamination that occurred at this former
ROBUST AND LASTING INVESTMENT World War II U.S. Navy base.
IN THE STOCKTON REGION.”
This facility represents a robust and lasting
investment in the Stockton region. The new
warehouse, and port facilities. Denmar U.S. will terminal is estimated to create more than 439
initially export 4.8 million tons of soda ash per jobs annually during the two-year construction
year, with plans to increase volumes over time to phase, 189 jobs annually in 2023 and 2024 once
7 million tons per year. the terminal is fully operational, and 323 ongoing
jobs when operations expand in 2025.
Soda ash is an essential raw material used most
frequently in the manufacturing of glass, as well The Port is very excited for this partnership with
as detergents, electric car batteries, and other Denmar U.S., working together to bring even
household projects. Ciner has been producing more family wage jobs to Stockton while bringing
high-quality, environmentally-friendly natural this high-demand commodity to the world.
20
