Kenyan soda ash maker Magadi Soda has kept low operating rates at its 350,000 tonne/year soda ash unit in southern Kenya on the back of weak demand.The operating rate was maintained at 60-65% and it would not run at full rates in the near future. Magadi's other 350,000 tonne/year facility at the same site was running at around 80% of capacity. The company has been running its southern Kenya plants at low rates since March due to poor demand and high inventory levels.