May 15 News – In the week ending May 14, the operating rate of soda ash plants was 80.64%, down 5.86 percentage points from the previous week; soda ash production stood at 763,700 tons, a decrease of 6.78% week-on-week. Chempricehub rated soda ash with a bullish/bearish score of 1. On the spot market, the operating rate for the week ended May 14 fell 5.86 percentage points to 80.64%, and weekly production dropped 6.78% to 763,700 tons, indicating a notable supply contraction that provides favorable support for spot prices. In the futures market, the main soda ash contract (SA2609) on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange closed at 1,208 yuan/ton on May 14, with open interest reaching 1.1139 million lots. The expectation of supply contraction offers positive support for futures prices.