OmniTRAX: Exclusive Switching Partner for Tata Chemicals’ Wyoming Mine
The agreement was effective Aug. 1, according to OmniTRAX, the transportation and infrastructure affiliate of The Broe Group that operates 31 railroads, serving ports and industrial parks across the country.
Tata Chemicals’ mine, one of the largest in North America for soda ash (a.k.a., sodium carbonate), is in Green River, which OmniTRAX said is home to one of the world’s largest reserves of trona ore and is the county seat of Sweetwater County (see map below). Soda ash, it noted, is a key raw material used across glass manufacturing, detergents, chemicals, and textiles.
“Tata Chemicals is one of the largest soda ash producers in the world, and we are honored that they have entrusted OmniTRAX to serve their largest domestic mine,” OmniTRAX President and COO Sergio Sabatini said. “We look forward to bringing our industry leading rail safety and service to Wyoming.”
“We are excited to work with OmniTRAX to provide safe and reliable rail service to Green River’s soda ash facilities,” added Kenny Rocker, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, for Union Pacific. “Union Pacific has played a pivotal role in the global economy for more than 160 years, and we are proud to do our part supporting the growing worldwide demand for Green River soda ash.”
Earlier this year, OmniTRAX became the exclusive operator of the Long Island, N.Y.-based Brookhaven Rail Terminal and of Port Muskogee’s Port Muskogee Railroad in Oklahoma. It also teamed with Coast Belle Rail Corporation to run Santa Maria Valley Railroad in California.
