Genesis Alkali (Genesis Energy)
HQ US18% share
Green River, Wyoming trona miner and soda ash / sodium bicarbonate producer (Genesis Energy subsidiary).
chemical · input
Sodium Bicarbonate (BC Dry Chemical Grade)
Active ingredient in BC dry chemical fire extinguishers for Class B (flammable liquid) and Class C (electrical) fires. Church & Dwight (ARM & HAMMER) is the primary US supplier with fire-grade formulations. Chinese and Turkish producers supply the lower-cost global market.
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Source countries
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Companies
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Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on sodium bicarbonate (bc dry chemical grade) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 64% |
| USUnited States | 50% |
| CNChina | 30% |
| MXMexico | 12% |
| FRFrance | 10% |
| TRTurkey | 10% |
| ESSpain | 5% |
| CACanada | 5% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
5 companies produce sodium bicarbonate (bc dry chemical grade).
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.(CHD)
HQ US
Consumer and specialty products company; dominant North American pharmaceutical-grade sodium bicarbonate supplier under the ARM & HAMMER brand; two FDA-registered cGMP Drug Establishment manufacturing sites: Green River Wyoming (trona-ore based, primary) and Old Fort Ohio; produces specific "Hemodialysis Grade" sodium bicarbonate meeting USP, ICH Q7, and cGMP requirements; ~60% of North American dialysis-grade sodium bicarbonate market
Ciner Wyoming
HQ US
Wyoming subsidiary of Ciner Group (Turkey); one of the major trona soda ash producers in the Green River Basin. Ciner Group also operates one of the world's largest synthetic soda ash plants in Turkey.
Solvay(SOLB.BR)
HQ BE
Belgian specialty chemical company (Euronext: SOLB, HQ Brussels; ~€4.9B revenue after 2023 split); major global HF (hydrogen fluoride) producer and the world's largest producer of fluorine-based specialty chemicals. Solvay's HF is produced at multiple European sites (Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, France; Rosignano, Italy) via reaction of fluorspar (CaF2) with sulfuric acid. HF is the gateway chemical for Solvay's entire fluorine chemistry chain: HF → fluoropolymers (PTFE, PVDF), refrigerants (HFCs/HFOs), specialty fluorinated gases (NF3 precursor), and electronic-grade HF for semiconductors. Solvay split into two companies in December 2023 — the new 'Solvay' retained the specialty chemicals (including HF and fluorine) while 'Syensqo' retained the advanced materials — so the HF supply chain is now within the post-split Solvay entity. Solvay was founded in 1863 by Ernest Solvay, inventor of the Solvay process for soda ash (sodium carbonate) production — the same Belgian industrial dynasty that revolutionized 19th-century chemical manufacturing now controls a critical node in 21st-century semiconductor supply chains.
Tata Chemicals North America(TATACHEM.NS)
HQ IN
US subsidiary of India's Tata Chemicals; operates a Wyoming trona soda ash plant (Green River). Also owns Brunner Mond in UK and has Indian soda ash operations. Part of Tata Group conglomerate.