Soda Ash Production Up By 13% To 87,000 mt In April.

This April, production of soda ash rose by 13% yoy, to 87,000 mt. Crimsoda (KSOD) increased soda ash production by 6% to 63,500 mt yoy and Lysychanska Soda – by 40%, to 23,500 mt. In January-April, the soda ash production rose by 4% compared with January-April 2005, to 316,600 mt.

Soda Ash Production In April, ths mt

                 Apr-06  change   yoy     Jan-Apr 06    change    yoy

Crimsoda              63.5       6%                         10.0       -2%

Lysychanska soda  23.5     40%                        86.6       24%

Total                     87.0    13%                           316.6      4%