Botswana Ash (Botash)

Producer of natural soda ash and salt on the Sua Pan in north-eastern Botswana, operating since 1991 and owned equally by the Government of Botswana and Chlor Alkali Holdings. Nameplate capacity is 300,000 tonnes of soda ash and about 650,000 tonnes of salt a year, sold mainly to glass, chemical and food industries across the region.