MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521001786 A) filed by Tata Chemicals Limited; and Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited on January 08, 2025, for A Process For Recovering Sodium Carbonate From Trona Via Solar Ponds.

Inventors include Steve Okiri; Phia Muya; John Mwakuru; Sumant Bhalchandra Phadtare; and Richard Anthony Lobo.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: A process for recovering sodium carbonate from trona is disclosed. The process comprises preparing a trona solution from trona at a temperature in a range from 25 oC to 35 oC, crystallizing sesquicarbonate dihydrate sodium carbonate from the trona solution in a solar po...