Usayizi wemakethe yomhlaba wonke we-soda ash wawulinganiselwa ku-$20.62 billion ngo-2025 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ufinyelele cishe ku-$26.67 billion ngo-2034, ukhule ku-CAGR engu-2.90% phakathi nesikhathi sika-2025-2034. Usayizi wemakethe yase-Asia Pacific kulindeleke ukuthi ube ngu-$11.34 billion ngo-2025, ukhule ku-CAGR engu-2.99% ngesikhathi sokubikezela. Usayizi wemakethe kanye nokubikezela kusekelwe emalini engenayo (US$Million/Billion), kanti u-2024 ungunyaka oyisisekelo.
Usayizi wemakethe yomhlaba wonke ye-soda ash ulinganiselwa ku-US$ 20.04 billion ngo-2024 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ukhuphuke usuka ku-US$ 20.62 billion ngo-2025 uye cishe ku-US$ 26.67 billion ngo-2034, ku-CAGR engu-2.90% kusukela ngo-2025 kuya ku-2034. Ukukhula kwemakethe kuqhutshwa ukwanda kwesidingo semikhiqizo yengilazi embonini yezimoto nezakhiwo.
Ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bobuhlakani bokwenziwa (AI) ekukhiqizweni komlotha wesoda kungathuthukisa kakhulu ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo kanye nesivuno. Amathuluzi asebenzisa i-AI angahlaziya idatha yenqubo yokukhiqiza ngesikhathi sangempela futhi abone ukungalingani. Ubuchwepheshe obusebenzisa i-AI bungabona nezindawo okufanele zithuthukiswe, bunciphise ingozi yokungasebenzi, futhi buthuthukise ukusebenza. Ama-algorithms e-AI angathuthukisa nezinqubo zokulawula ikhwalithi ngokulungisa amapharamitha ukuqinisekisa ukukhiqizwa komlotha wesoda osezingeni eliphezulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubuchwepheshe be-AI bungahlaziya izitayela zemakethe futhi bubikezele isidingo se-soda umlotha wesikhathi esizayo, okuvumela abakhiqizi ukuthi balungise ukukhiqizwa futhi baphathe amazinga esitokweni ngokufanele.
Usayizi wemakethe ye-soda ash yase-Asia Pacific ulinganiselwa ku-$11.02 billion ngo-2024 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ufinyelele cishe ku-$14.8 billion ngo-2034, ukhule ku-CAGR ka-2.99% kusukela ngo-2025 kuya ku-2034.
I-Asia Pacific inesabelo esikhulu semakethe futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ibuse imakethe yomlotha wesoda ngo-2024. Ukukhula kwemakethe esifundeni kuqhutshwa ukukhula kwezimboni okusheshayo, okuholele ekwandeni kwesidingo somlotha wesoda ezimbonini ezifana namakhemikhali, ingilazi, kanye nezinsipho. Intuthuko ezinqubweni zokukhiqiza amakhemikhali kanye nokwamukelwa kwezindlela zokukhiqiza ezisimeme kuye kwandisa kakhulu isidingo somlotha wesoda. Ohulumeni esifundeni batshala imali kumaphrojekthi engqalasizinda, okuqhuba isidingo semikhiqizo yengilazi esezingeni eliphezulu, lapho umlotha wesoda udlala indima enkulu khona.
IShayina inegalelo elikhulu emakethe yengilazi. EShayina, imboni yokwakha ithuthuka ngokushesha ngenxa yenqubo esheshayo yokukhula kwedolobha kanye nentuthuko eqhubekayo yokwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda. Njengoba ukwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda kuthuthuka, isidingo sengilazi naso siyakhula. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iShayina inemithombo eminingi yemvelo, okuhlanganisa i-limestone kanye ne-soda ash, okuyizinto ezibalulekile zokusetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni ingilazi. IShayina itshale imali eningi ekuthuthukiseni amakhono ayo okukhiqiza, okuye kwenza imboni yengilazi yakwazi ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo yengilazi ngobukhulu, izimo, kanye nobukhulu obuhlukahlukene, okuqhubeka nokuba negalelo ekukhuleni kwemakethe.
I-India nayo idlala indima enkulu emakethe yomlotha wesoda e-Asia Pacific. Njengoba kugxilwe ezindleleni zokukhiqiza ezisimeme, isidingo somlotha wesoda wemvelo wezinqubo ezahlukene zezimboni siyanda. Ukukhula okusheshayo kwemboni yezimoto kanye nokwanda okuqhubekayo kokukhiqizwa kwezimoto nakho kuholele ekwandeni kwesidingo sengilazi. Njengoba umlotha wesoda udlala indima ebalulekile ekukhiqizweni kwamakhemikhali, imboni yamakhemikhali eNdiya ikhula ngokushesha, okuqhubeka nokuba negalelo ekukhuleni kwemakethe.
INyakatho Melika kulindeleke ukuthi ibone izinga lokukhula okusheshayo eminyakeni ezayo. Ukukhula kwemakethe kulesi sifunda kuqhutshwa yimithombo yayo yemvelo eningi. Ukukhula kwemboni yengilazi kunegalelo elikhulu ekukhuleni kwemakethe. Ingilazi eyisicaba idingeka kakhulu embonini yokwakha. Ukukhula kwezakhiwo eziphakeme nakho kukhulise isidingo sengilazi, ngaleyo ndlela kunegalelo ekukhuleni kwemakethe yesifunda.
Kulindeleke ukuthi i-United States ibuse imakethe ye-soda ash eNyakatho Melika. I-United States, ikakhulukazi i-Wyoming, inezindawo ezinkulu kakhulu ze-soda ash emhlabeni futhi ingumthombo obalulekile we-soda ash. Le minerali ikhiqiza cishe u-90% wokukhiqizwa kwe-soda ash e-United States. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-United States ingumthengisi omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni we-soda ash. Imboni yokwelapha amanzi echumayo ezweni iyisikhuthazi esengeziwe sokukhula kwemakethe.
Umlotha wesoda usetshenziswa kabanzi ezimbonini ezahlukahlukene njengezindwangu, izihlanzi kanye nengilazi. Umlotha wesoda uyisithako esibalulekile samakhemikhali ezinqubweni eziningi zezimboni okuhlanganisa nokukhiqiza. Uphinde usetshenziswe ekukhiqizeni i-sodium percarbonate, i-sodium silicate, i-sodium phosphate kanye ne-sodium bicarbonate. Umlotha wesoda usetshenziselwa ukulawula i-alkalinity yamanzi nokulungisa i-pH ekuhlanzweni kwamanzi. Ungakhuphula i-pH yamanzi ane-acid futhi unciphise ukugqwala. Uyasiza ekususeni ukungcola kanye nezinsimbi ezisindayo, ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukiswe ikhwalithi kanye nokuphepha kwamanzi okuphuza. Umlotha wesoda uphinde udlale indima ebalulekile ekukhiqizweni kwe-aluminium, okuvumela ukuhlanzeka okuphezulu kwe-aluminium kanye nemiphumela engcono.
Ukusetshenziswa okwandayo komlotha wesoda ngezinjongo zokuvikela imvelo kuyimbangela ebalulekile yokukhula kwemakethe yomlotha wesoda. Umlotha wesoda usetshenziswa kakhulu ukususa i-sulfur dioxide namanye amakhemikhali ayingozi kumagesi oketshezi lwezimboni, okuhlanganisa nalawo akhishwa yimikhumbi kanye nezinye izimboni, ukunciphisa ukungcola komoya. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa komlotha wesoda ekuhlanzweni kwamanzi kudlala indima ebalulekile ekubangeleni ukungcola okuyingozi njenge-arsenic ne-radium, ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukiswe ikhwalithi yamanzi futhi kuvikelwe impilo yomphakathi. Lezi zicelo ezinobungani nemvelo azigcini nje ngokunciphisa ukuthinteka kwemvelo kwezimboni ezahlukene kodwa futhi zivula amathuba amasha, okwenza umlotha wesoda ube yingxenye ebalulekile emikhubeni yezimboni.
Ukuguquguquka kwamanani amandla kunomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni komlotha wesoda. Ukukhiqizwa komlotha wesoda kuyinqubo edinga amandla amaningi. Kunezinqubo ezimbili eziyinhloko zokukhiqiza: inqubo yeTrona kanye nenqubo yeSolvay. Zombili lezi zindlela zidinga amandla amaningi. Ukusetshenziswa kwamandla sekuyinkinga enkulu kubakhiqizi bomlotha wesoda njengoba amanani amandla enyuka, kunciphisa inzuzo futhi kudala izinkinga emakethe yomlotha wesoda.
Ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bokubamba nokusetshenziswa kwekhabhoni (i-CCU) embonini ye-soda ash kuvule ithuba elikhulu emakethe. Njengoba imithethonqubo yemvelo ikhula kanye nengcindezi yokulawula ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2, ubuchwepheshe be-CCU bunikeza ikhambi elithembisayo lokubamba ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ezinqubweni zokukhiqiza bese buguqulwa bube imikhiqizo ewusizo. Izicelo ezifana ne-mineral carbonation zivumela ukukhiqizwa kwezinto zokwakha eziluhlaza ezivela ku-CO2 ebanjiwe, kanti ezinye izinqubo ziguqula i-CO2 ibe amakhemikhali afana ne-methanol, okudala imithombo emisha yemali engenayo. Lokhu kushintsha okusha kusuka ekukhishweni kwekhabhoni kuya emikhiqizweni kusiza abakhiqizi ukunciphisa ukunyatheliswa kwekhabhoni yabo futhi kuvulele amathuba amasha okukhula emakethe ye-soda ash.
Ngo-2024, imakethe yomlotha wesoda wokwenziwa yabusa isabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke. Lokhu kungenxa yokusetshenziswa okwandayo komlotha wesoda wokwenziwa ekukhiqizweni kwengilazi. Kunezindlela ezimbili zokukhiqiza umlotha wesoda wokwenziwa: inqubo yeSolvay kanye nenqubo yeHou. Lezi zinqubo zingalawula ngempumelelo ikhwalithi, ngaleyo ndlela zikhiqize umkhiqizo ozinzile. Umlotha wesoda wokwenziwa uhlanzekile futhi ufanelekela ukusetshenziswa okuyinkimbinkimbi.
Imakethe yomlotha wesoda yemvelo kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo. Umlotha wesoda wemvelo ushibhile ukuwukhiqiza ngoba udinga amanzi namandla amancane kunomlotha wesoda wokwenziwa. Ukukhiqizwa komlotha wesoda wemvelo kubhekwa njengobungani nemvelo ngoba kukhiqiza amagesi ambalwa kakhulu okushisa. Usetshenziswa kabanzi ekukhiqizeni insipho nemikhiqizo yokuhlanza.
Ngo-2024, imakethe yomlotha wesoda yayibuswa yimboni yengilazi, eyayinesabelo esikhulu kunazo zonke, njengoba umlotha wesoda uyinto ebalulekile ekukhiqizweni kwengilazi. Usetshenziswa njengendlela yokunciphisa izinga lokuncibilika kwe-silicon. Ukuthuthukiswa okusheshayo kwemboni yengilazi kanye nokusetshenziswa okwandayo kwemikhiqizo yengilazi ezimbonini zezimoto nezakhiwo yizona zinto ezibangela ukukhula kwale mboni. Ubuningi be-alkalinity yomlotha wesoda buyasiza ekutholeni isimo esifiselekayo semikhiqizo yengilazi, okwenza kube yinto eluhlaza ebalulekile ekukhiqizweni kwengilazi.
Kulindeleke ukuthi ingxenye yamakhemikhali ibone ukukhula okukhulu ngesikhathi sokubikezela. Umlotha wesoda usetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza amakhemikhali afana ne-sodium phosphate, i-sodium silicate, kanye ne-sodium bicarbonate. Uphinde usetshenziswe ukukhiqiza imibala, udayi, kanye nemithi, kanye nephepha, insipho, kanye nezinsipho. Umlotha wesoda usetshenziswa njengesithambisi samanzi ngoba amanzi aqinile aqukethe i-calcium kanye ne-magnesium ions evele ngokushesha.
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