The production capacity was increased about one million tons of soda ash when an automated unit was pot into service in 1998.
In 2013, the company shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OCIR.
After trona ore is conveyed to the surface, it is processed into dense soda ash (sodium carbonate, Na2CO3).
[4] Green River Basin in Wyoming has the highest purity, largest and most accessible underground trona ore deposit in the world.
[2] Soda ash is used as a raw material in a variety of industrial products and consumer goods,[4] including glass (47%), chemicals (30%), soap (7%), and paper.