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           Operational and strategic developments – USA



                                                                                                                                                                                                TCL exit
           Leveraging export opportunity                     reduce over the course of 2023, making exports from the USA              Ÿ Targeting supply opportunities in emerging green technology:   from ANSAC
           TCL’s presence across four continents gives us a unique position,   competitive in Latin America, Australia and South East Asia.   Lithium carbonate for EVs and solar glass manufacture
           and equips us to synergise and deliver superior value to our                                                               Ÿ Identifying incremental opportunities for efficiency   ince its inception in 1984, ANSAC has marketed
           global and regional customers. We are committed to investing in   Tata Chemicals North America is one of the leading soda ash   improvement; Deploy technology to reduce fixed costs  Sand supplied soda ash to export markets. Tata
           increasing our capacities to service the growing global demand   manufacturers in the country, with ~20% capacity share of the     Ÿ Implementing energy efficiency and fuels switch from coal to   Chemicals started exit from ANSAC on December
           of soda ash, while focussing on increasing our productivity, cost   US domestic market. With our recent exit from ANSAC, our direct   natural gas to reduce carbon footprint and sequestration of   31, 2022. As part of the exit agreement, ANSAC will
           competitiveness and sustainability metrics.       connect with global customers has now increased allowing us to          carbon through CCS and CCU                             continue to provide logistics services for USA exports
                                                             focus on growing export opportunities.                                   Ÿ Focus on generating cash to continue to prepay debt and   in the medium term.
           The Soda Ash outlook in North America remains positive, with   Way forward                                                fund capex
           stable local demand and continued ongoing recovery in export                                                                                                                     Benefits
           markets. Compared to the synthetic production process Natural     Ÿ Debottlenecking existing processes and adding more energy                                                       Ÿ It will help us establish a direct relationship with
           soda ash, process used in the USA, requires lower amounts of   efficient capacity                                                                                                  our export customers, who represent approx. 50%
           energy and emits lower volumes of carbon dioxide. Energy     Ÿ Building on newly established overseas distribution networks                                                        of our business
           costs in the USA are expected to remain lower compared to   in Latin American and South East Asia; Onboarding distributors
           other regions. Both coal and natural gas prices are expected to   and resources to manage direct sales                                                                              Ÿ With expansion of our facility in USA, the export
                                                                                                                                                                                              sector will become a more significant portion of
                                                                                                                                                                                              our business
                                                                                                                                                                                               Ÿ A direct relationship with our export customers
                                                                                                                                                                                              allows us to better partner with them on various
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