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i <br />.y . ..... t_. <br />Library ofC ' - c s!deee !x,,,., <br />district far ' nrecommendations made oy u,., <br />~ ~•/ <br />Nahcol a mining opera~ions near Rifle expanded <br />By Susanna Hart <br />PICEANCE BASW -- The first production of United <br />States Pharmaceutic:al (USP) grade sodium bicarbonate oc- <br />curred this month at the White River Nahcolite mine 1o- <br />cared approximately 40 miles north and west of Rifle. Plant <br />officials say the facility now has the capacity for annual <br />~oduction of 125,000 tons of sodium bicarbonate. <br />Last Friday, the North American Chemical Company <br />(NACC) officially announced the completion of the up- <br />gradedmining and manufacturing facIIity that will produce <br />soditun~tcarbeaaw sgd ansipha[- <br />maceutical applications as wb <br />industrial and agricultural applications. <br />The facility, White River Nahcolite Minerals (WRNM), <br />formerly (mown as NaTec Resources, wdl tap the wester! <br />hemisphere's only lmown deposit of pure, naturally occttr- <br />ring nahcoGte, the mineral form of pure sodium bicarbon- <br />ate. The project is a joint venture between NACC att. <br />NaTec Resources, Inc. e• <br />According ro Sleve Wolfe, senior vi - ~ oCtwr- <br />porate development for NACC, the ~ olorado fxil- <br />ity "has the c~gx~l.1~~^°"~~~~ond largest supplier a[ <br />- :.~~ ._ „ <br />~!'!~le said the[ WRNM is <br />Pfease see "Mine" Pagt <br />