Soda ash: Relationships

Every element and industry that Soda ash is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

• Sodium-ion batteries: Sodium-ion batteries take their sodium mainly from sodium carbonate, the chemical sold as soda ash, which is cheap and plentiful, so they appeal as a lithium hedge. Their demand is tiny beside a 71 Mt soda ash market (2025), so the link matters for battery costs, not for soda ash prices. (researched)
• Sodium silicate: Soda ash is a raw material for sodium silicate; their prices have moved together.
• Building materials: Building materials depends on soda ash.
• Grapes & wine: Their prices have moved together.
• Household and personal care: Household and personal care depends on soda ash.
• Natural gas: Their prices have moved together.
• Salt: Their prices have moved together.
• Textiles and leather: Textiles and leather depends on soda ash.
• Thermal coal: Their prices have moved together.
• Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft: Vehicles, ships, rail, aircraft depends on soda ash.