Natural Soda recovers sodium bicarbonate using a process known as solution mining.  This involves pumping hot water approximately 1900 feet underground to dissolve the underlying nahcolite beds and return the saturated liquor to the surface.  By reducing the temperature of the liquor, sodium bicarbonate is crystallized in solution.  Excess water is then removed by high speed centrifuging (spin drying).  The resultant damp crystal mass is further dried, screened and packed in accordance with industry designated specifications, while maintaining stringent quality accreditation standards.  Product is packaged in 50 lb./25kg bags, 1 ton/metric ton "supersacks," or in bulk, and is transport to our customers by truck or rail.  At our present facility, Natural Soda is capable of reliably producing 125,000 tons of sodium bicarbonate per year.  



recovery facility


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