While talk of China being the new force in soda ash dominated the beginning of the decade, it now seems that India has stepped into the limelight with ambitious plans to become a stronger force in the export market and gain significant supply base footholds in Europe and Kenya. Recently announced impressive production capacity increases by leading Indian soda ash producers Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) and Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd (GHCL) have been combined with bold moves to acquire major shareholdings in some of Europe's main soda ash producers. TCL's bid for majority ownership of European no. 2 producer Brunner Mond Group Ltd of the UK is currently awaiting authorities' approval, while GHCL has targeted Romania's two soda ash producers - Bega Upsom AS (majority ownership secured) and Uzinele Sodice Govara SA (MOU signed - see News at Core p. 6-7),
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机译：尽管关于中国是纯碱新兴力量的讨论在本世纪初占据了主导地位，但现在看来，印度已成为雄心勃勃的计划，其雄心勃勃的计划是成为出口市场的一支强大力量，并在欧洲和肯尼亚获得重要的供应基础。最近宣布的印度主要纯碱生产商Tata Chemicals Ltd（TCL）和Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd（GHCL）惊人地提高了生产能力，并大胆地采取了行动以收购欧洲一些主要纯碱生产商的主要股份。 TCL竞标获得欧洲No. 2英国的生产商Brunner Mond Group Ltd目前正在等待当局的批准，而GHCL的目标客户是罗马尼亚的两家纯碱生产商-Bega Upsom AS（已获得多数股权）和Uzinele Sodice Govara SA（谅解备忘录已签署-请参阅第6页核心新闻） -7），
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