New Railway Connection for Engaruka Soda Ash Project to Tanga Port

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Official project infrastructure blueprints outline a new branch or spur railway line linking the Engaruka basin in Monduli District to Arusha, alongside the modernization of the broader northern rail corridor toward.