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Integrated Report Statutory Reports Financial Statements
Integrated Annual Report 2020-21 Basic Chemistry Products 60-146 147-300

operational and strategic Developments Way forward
TCL, India TCnA, UsA TCe, UK
TCL, India TCnA, UsA TCML, Kenya Focus on execution of capex
Resilience in demand for products in Continuity in operations despite De-bottlenecking the plant to realise programmes under Project Pragati Focus on improving customer connect Building upon our industry leading
in developing, high-growth export
carbon footprint by building UK’s
essential, health and hygiene segments Covid-19 and the global demand SAM and CRS capacities Maximising production volumes of markets, where we intend to grow first major CCU (nearing completion),
resulted in demand consistency for Salt, destruction Product transhipment and loading all products business after exit from ANSAC new power plant (completed) for Salt
Sodium Bicarbonate and Soda Ash
Leveraged lower demand to implement facility construction of containerisation Enhancing market leadership and value- Implement new projects to reduce operation and an energy from waste
Resurgence in cement demand towards critical maintenance jobs, leading to at Magadi addition in Sodium Bicarbonate environmental load of site plant (expected completion 2023/24) at
the end of FY 2020-21 higher reliability and output of GR2 Lostock site
Solar power project to reduce energy Conceptual agreement on resolution
Enhancement in caustic soda Ensured highest customer satisfaction cost and greening optimisation Focus on safety, process safety and risk of long-standing Department Enhance manufacturing capabilities
management and sustainable operations
production led by commissioning of scores of Environmental Quality (DEQ) with new investments, technologies
higher efficiency UDHE - caustic cell Optimising outbound logistics and and continuous improvement
Refinanced US$ 375 million of long-term modes to enhance customer service and regulatory issue
Efficiency in product evacuation through debt reduce freight cost Modernising payroll and time-keeping Utilise electrical generation capacity
container rakes and rail movement Lower production and sales volumes systems and processes to a centralised to decarbonise UK National Grid and
for meeting market demand amidst due to lower demand Optimising realisation through product ADP HRIS system support intermittency challenges
constraint in availability of trucks and market mix rework Aggressively develop strong export
Levying of anti-dumping duty by
Adoption of new work systems, South Africa resulted in cancellation of Intensifying R&D to develop new capability in high grade and high-end
additional health and well-being shipments products, new applications and process TCML, Kenya applications
measures for employees and staggered improvements
shifts to keep plant operations on TCe, UK Increasing the use of IIoT (Industrial Increase market presence by targeting
Covid-19 led to partial closure of Nearing completion of building UK’s Internet of Things), AI (Artificial growing regions like East and Central
Africa
markets, restrictions in supply chain and first Industrial Scale Carbon Capture and Intelligence), data analytics and
Soda Ash market contraction Utilisation Plant. It will enable TCE to be the technology to improve manufacturing Focus on increasing capacities for SAM
Increase in procurement of high- first in the world: practices and business processes and CRS
cost raw Salt, as flooding disrupted To make a net zero carbon footprint
Mithapur plant operations and damaged Sodium Bicarbonate and Sodium
harvested Salt Carbonate products

Brine and bittern dilution due to To capture, purify and use CO 2 emitted
excessive rains, leading to higher from power plant as a raw material for
operational and input costs for Salt, Soda manufacturing high purity Sodium
Ash and Bromine Bicarbonate
Lower import prices from Russia and Iran
impacted Soda Ash realisation
Restricted physical market access and
customer connects for sales team
Rescheduling of capex to conserve
cash and align with force majeures of
partners in early part of the year

Refer to page 87 in Management, Discussion
and Analysis for more information on our
operational performance
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