# Ciner Group opens $1.5B soda ash plant in Kazan, Ankara

Ciner Group has opened a new $1.5 billion soda ash production facility in Kazan, Ankara, Turkey, with a capacity of 2.7 million tons per year. The plant will create 2,200 jobs and export all its production.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-17
- Where: Kazan, Ankara, Türkiye
- Value: $1.50B
- Jobs: 2,200
- Starts operating: 17 Jan 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 2.7 million tons per year of soda ash
- Products: soda ash
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Ciner Group](https://endata.com/companies/29444.md)
- [Kazan Soda Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.](https://endata.com/companies/29445.md)

## Sources

- [businessturkeytoday.com](https://businessturkeytoday.com/ciner-group-of-turkey-opens-giant-electricity-generation-plant-in-kazan-ankara.html), 2018-01-17: "The giant facility which was opened to operation by President Erdoğan will export its entire production to bring in a foreign revenue of USD 600 million."

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