Primary Applications
Soda ash and glass, chemicals, detergents, deicing salts, sodium compounds
Mining Significance
Sodium is not mined as elemental metal; commercial sodium products are derived from soluble salts and evaporite minerals such as halite and trona, as well as natural brines. Soda ash, salt, and related sodium compounds are major industrial materials with large-volume markets. Mining and processing generally rely on solution chemistry, evaporation, crystallization, or thermal treatment rather than conventional metal-ore beneficiation.
