The trona ore deposits were owned by Rio Tinto Group, an Australian-British multinational and one of the world's largest metals and mining corporation.
After survey activities, which lasted more than fifteen years, the company concluded that it will be unable to operate the mining of the trona ore reserves there, and sold the deposits to Ciner Holding in 2010.
[1] The construction of the soda products plant began in 2015, after five years of efforts for bureaucratic permissions and financing.
[1] The construction of the facility was carried out by the China Tianchen Engineering Corporation (TCC).
Kazan Soda Elektrik plant was inaugurated on January 15, 2018, in presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak, Minister of Labour and Social Security Jülide Sarıeroğlu, Ambassador of China Yu Hongyang and many other high-profile politicians and officials.
[2] If all the production were exported to Europe, it would increase the key glass raw material by around 25%.