· Wyoming - often called the "Saudi Arabia of Sodium carbonate."

· The Wyoming Trona industry is a leader in clean, responsible production.

· All Wyoming Trona is mined underground

· Wyoming produces over 90 percent of the ash in the United States, and over 30 percent of the world's supply.

· Trona provides 80 percent of Wyoming's international exports.

· The four companies who operate 5 mines in Wyoming and their Capacity per year
( taken from a presentation by Fred Parady, from OCI Wyoming, on July 12, 2001, in millions of tons)

Company	Capacity (millions of tons)
FMC Wyoming	4.85
OCI Wyoming	3.1
General Chemical	2.8
Solvay Minerals	2.7

· Production in 2000 (mined, not processed).
( Taken from State Inspector of Mines of Wyoming (in tons))

Company	Production in 2000 (tons mined)
F.M.C.	5,491,864
General Chemical	4,322,239
OCI Wyoming LP	3,468,340
Solvay Minerals, Inc	3,398,405
Total	16,680,848

· In 2000, companies in Wyoming mined almost 17 million tons of Trona to produce approximately 10 million tons of soda ash. In one year, the Wyoming soda ash industry uses 1.2 million tons of coal to produce the electricity needed for production.

· Number of employees:

Company	Employees
F.M.C	1,184
General Chemical	567
OCI Wyoming LP	472
Solvay Minerals, Inc.	399
Total	2,622