Today, Uzbek economy’s demand in soda is valued at more than 90 thousand tons per year. This was the figure that defined the idea of ​​building Kungrad Soda Plant, the only company in Central Asia producing such raw materials for chemical industry.

The project started in March 1995, when the Cabinet of Ministers issued a resolution on the construction Kungrad Soda Plant. In May 2002 the government workes out yet another policy document on completion of the Kungrad Soda Plant. The plant was equipped by a foreign partner on turnkey basis for $32.3 million.

In August 2006, the industrial complex was put into operation. Then it produced 12,810 tons of soda ash. In 2010 the company produced more than 90 thousand tons of soda, and last year the plant reached nearly full capacity with 97,800 tons (99.2%), as the initial design capacity was 100 thousand tons of soda ash per year.

The plant mines raw materials itself. Annually, it consumes 153,000 tons of limestone, 160 tons of salt and 1,000 tons of ammonia. All these components are extracted in the salt mine Barsa Kelmes located 53 km from the main processing complex and Jamansay 250 km away from the plant. Experts say that mineral reserves are enough for more than 100 years.

Stable growth in production enabled the company to establish export of ready products abroad. Importers include Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.