British Salt
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British Salt Limited is a United Kingdom-based chemical company that produces pure white salt. The company is a wholly owned subsidary of US Salt Holdings LLC, a worldwide producer of specialist chemicals. It is based in Middlewich, Cheshire and produces approximately 800,000 tonnes of pure white salt every year.
US Salt bought British Salt from its previous owners, Stavely Industries plc in 2000[1]. In 2005, British Salt acquired New Cheshire Salt Works limited, known as NCSW Limited. This acquisition was referred to the Competition Commission[2] who approved the purchase. Since the purchase the NCSW site in Wincham has been closed and the 198 acre site sold to Chantry Developments[3].
The salt is extracted from strata that lie approximately 180 metres below ground. Bore holes are drilled into the strata and water is forced down to dissolve the salt. The resulting brine solution is pumped along 5km of pipes back to the surface and direct into the Middlewich factory for purification and water evaporation to produce the pure salt. The main uses for the salt products include:
- Water Softeners
- Chemical Industry
- Food Processing
- Animal Feeds
- Textiles & Tanning
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- ^ AllBusiness website. Food and Drink Weekly. Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ British Salt purchase of New Cheshire Salt Works. Competition Commisssion. Retrieved on February 9, 2007.
- ^ Grand plan for salt works. Northwich Guardian. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
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