Investment in Soda Ash Mining at Engaruka with Public-Private Partnership

TLDR

• The National Development Corporation (NDC) first began pursuing soda ash mining in 2008 by conducting preliminary reconnaissance research with the Geological Survey of Tanzania, initially targeting Lake Natron before.
• FEASIBILITY studies at Engaruka escarpments indicate that the zone has an estimated 3.8bn cubic meters of soda ash reserves.
• Investment authorities say that more recent surveys show that Engaruka area harbours the largest soda ash reserves in the world, such that extracting an average of one million tons of the minerals per year, would last.
• Engaruka soda ash extraction is expected to end foreign proceeded ash imports, in addition to creating jobs for over 5000 people where at least 1000 jobs will be direct employment and also yield millions of dollars in.