Searles Valley Minerals

What Searles Valley Minerals does

Searles Valley Minerals is a privately held U.S. mining and metals company that extracts and processes five mineral products — boric acid, pentahydrate borax, sodium sulfate, sodium carbonate (dense soda ash), and sodium chloride — from brine solutions at Searles Lake in California. The company operates three integrated processing facilities — Argus, Trona, and Westend — covering more than 339 acres, and uses a proprietary solution mining technique that the company markets as ecologically superior to open-pit mining, including a novel solvent extraction process developed in 1962 for recovering boric acid and potassium sulfate from weak brines. The asset base sits on one of the world's largest known soluble mineral deposits, with Searles Lake estimated to contain approximately 4 billion tons of soluble mineral salts extending to depths of about 350 feet across 16 saline mineral layers separated by mud layers.

Name

Searles Valley Minerals

Legal name

Searles Valley Minerals Inc.

Website

https://svminerals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Searles Valley Minerals is a privately held U.S. mining and metals company that uses solution mining to extract boric acid, soda ash, sodium sulfate, borax, and salt from Searles Lake brine, supplying industrial and agricultural manufacturers across 52 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Minerals Manufacturing

NAICS

Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123), Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (212390), Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (21239)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400), Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Borates Mining (IMAKAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Salt Mining (Rock Salt, Brine) (IMAKAGAG), Mining & Metals Process & Water Chemicals (IMAEAJAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial mineral extraction
• Solution mining operations
• Boric acid production
• Soda ash manufacturing
• Sodium sulfate supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Shawnee Mission

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Mineral Products Sales: Sale of bulk commodity minerals including Boric Acid, Pentahydrate Borax, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash) and Salt. Products sold to industrial and agricultural manufacturers globally. Overseas sales account for over half of annual revenue.
2. Industrial and Agricultural Mineral Supply: Products used in manufacturing: window glass, windshields, water softening systems, dyes, detergents, fire retardants, fiberglass insulation, wood treatments, flat screen monitors, electronic parts and special coatings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Searles Valley Minerals processes brine solutions from Searles Lake using a unique, ecologically friendly solution mining technique to produce five mineral products: Boric Acid, Pentahydrate Borax, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash Dense), and Sodium Chloride (Salt). The company operates three processing facilities (Argus, Trona, and Westend) covering more than 339 acres in Searles Valley, California, supplying bulk mineral inputs to industrial and agricultural manufacturers worldwide in 52 countries.

Product overview

Searles Valley Minerals operates as a mineral extraction and processing company that produces five primary products from brine solutions at Searles Lake using unique solution mining technology: Boric Acid, Pentahydrate Borax, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash Dense), and Sodium Chloride. The company's three facilities—Argus, Trona, and Westend—process these minerals for industrial and agricultural customers worldwide. Borates support high-technology applications including electronics and fire retardants, while soda ash and sodium sulfate serve glass, detergent, and textile industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pentahydrate Boric Acid

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 years of mining experience
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GlassPointcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 January 2026GlassPoint is a solar industrial process heat provider working on megaprojects with Searles Valley Minerals in California. GlassPoint closed a $20M funding round in January 2026 with participation from N.I.S. New Investment Solutions and MIG Capital. The partnership includes a 750 MWth deployment for Searles Valley Minerals. In June 2025, GlassPoint and Searles Valley Minerals partnered to reduce costs and boost US mineral competitiveness through solar technology, including plans to replace coal-fired power plants with solar tech.
• Ma'adenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMa'aden (Saudi Arabian Mining Company) is mentioned alongside Searles Valley Minerals as a partner in GlassPoint's megaprojects - a 1.45-GW project in Saudi Arabia with Ma'aden and 750-MW project with Searles Valley Minerals in California.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ciner Group (Ciner Wyoming): Ciner Group's Ciner Wyoming operates one of the world's largest natural soda ash mines in the Green River Basin. Direct peer in natural soda ash production with similar global export orientation and competition with Chinese synthetic producers.
• Rio Tinto Borates (US Borax): Rio Tinto's borates business (formerly U.S. Borax) operates the world's largest open-pit borax mine at Boron, California. Direct peer producing refined borates (boric acid, pentahydrate borax, decahydrate borax) for high-tech, agriculture, and industrial applications from a California brine/ore deposit.
• Eti Maden: Turkey's state-owned minerals enterprise and the world's largest producer of boron minerals by volume. Direct peer in borate mining and refining, producing boric acid, pentahydrate borax, and colemanite for global industrial and agricultural markets.
• Tata Chemicals: Indian-based global soda ash and sodium bicarbonate producer with operations in India, UK, Kenya, and the U.S. (including Tata Chemicals North America, which is providing DIP financing to SVM). Direct peer in soda ash manufacturing with overlapping customer base in glass, detergents, and industrial chemicals.
• Genesis Alkali: Genesis Alkali (formerly Tronox Alkali, formerly FMC Wyoming) is one of the largest U.S. natural soda ash producers, operating in the Green River Basin, Wyoming. Direct peer in soda ash production serving glass, detergent, and chemical manufacturers globally.
• Compass Minerals: Compass Minerals produces industrial salt, sulfate of potash, and magnesium chloride from underground and evaporation operations. Direct peer in industrial salt production serving de-icing, water treatment, and industrial customers with similar bulk commodity business model.

Broad incumbents

• Solvay (now Syensqo) Soda Ash & Derivatives: Global chemical major (split into Syensqo in 2023) historically a major soda ash and sodium bicarbonate producer. Broader incumbent with overlapping sodium-based chemical portfolio serving glass, detergent, and food markets worldwide.
• K+S AG: German-based global salt and potash producer with operations in Europe and North America. Broader incumbent in industrial salt and mineral production with comparable customer base in de-icing, food, water treatment, and industrial applications.
• Nirma Limited: Indian conglomerate and parent of SVM via Karnavati Holdings, also one of India's largest soda ash producers and a major detergent/soap manufacturer. Vertically integrated peer/downstream customer producing soda ash and industrial salt for consumer products that consume SVM-style mineral inputs.

Emerging players

• American Borate Company: Privately held miner and processor of borate minerals from the Billie Mine in Death Valley, California. Emerging niche player in borate production focused on specialty and refined borate products for industrial customers, overlapping with SVM's borate product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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