world salt industry
Salt's preservative ability was a foundation of civilization. It eliminated dependency on the seasonal availability of food and allowed travel over long distances and was a vital food additive. However, salt was difficult to obtain, and so it was a highly valued trade item throughout history. Until the 1900s, salt was one of the prime movers of national economies and wars. Salt was taxed, from as far back as the 20th century BC in China.
In the empire of Mali, merchants in 12th-century Timbuktu—the gateway to the Sahara Desert and the seat of scholars—valued salt enough to buy it for its weight in gold; this trade led to the legends of the incredibly wealthy city of Timbuktu, and fueled inflation in Europe, which was exporting the salt.
salary derives from the Latin word salarium that means payment in salt (Latin sal), as well as the phrase "worth one's salt"
etc - wikipedia- 2 sources: mining rock salt (halite), evaporation (sea salt)
- lakh: 100,000
uses
- food preservation, food, road salting
- http://www.saltinstitute.org/16.html
Salt is necessary for the survival of all living creatures, including humans. Salt is involved in regulating the water content (fluid balance) of the body. Salt flavor is one of the basic tastes. Salt cravings may be caused by trace mineral deficiencies as well as by a deficiency of sodium chloride itself.
Refined salt, that is nowadays most widely used, is mainly sodium chloride. Only about 7% of the refined salt is used as a food additive. The majority is sold for industrial use, from manufacturing pulp and paper to setting dyes in textiles and fabric, to producing soaps and detergents, and has great commercial value.
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salt production
salt in india
- http://www.economywatch.com/business-and-economy/salt-industry.html
- India is the third largest salt producing country in the world (after the US and China) s
- average annual production of about 148 lakh tones s
- in a very short period of time sufficiency was achieved (in 1953) and made a dent the export market. Since then, the country has never resorted to imports. Exports touched an all time high of 1.6 million in the year 2001 s
- Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan produces salt surplus s
- Photo and info on the Largest Indian Salt lake here
colonialism, etc
- The British monopoly on the salt trade in India dictated that the sale or production of salt by anyone but the British government was a criminal offense punishable by law. Salt was readily accessible to laborers in the coastal area, but they were instead forced to pay money for a mineral which they could easily collect themselves for free wikipedia
salt march
iodine
misc/uncategorized
salt taxes
canada
- 2001: expored $0.6 billion, 95% of that to the US
1820 that salt was produced and sold in Canada. James Monkman and his sons set up a salt business in the Red Deer Peninsula of Manitoba. Boiling natural brine in kettles resulted in a small supply of salt, only enough to satisfy local needs.
In the same year salt was produced in the Mackenzie River District of the Northwest Territories. Through the years there were other salt discoveries, some of minor importance and some leading to the major production areas of today.
In 1866 salt was discovered at Goderich, Ontario, in 1907 at McMurray, in Northern Alberta, in 1912 in Nova Scotia and in 1946 at Unity, Saskatchewan.
Salt has been produced in Goderich continuously since 1867; was produced at Waterways (near McMurray) between 1925 and 1950; has been produced in Nova Scotia since 1918; and in Unity since 1949. Salt is produced in other locations in Canada but it has all been made possible by these early discoveries. They have led to other major developments also, for example, development of the salt deposit at Unity led to the discovery of the world's largest reserves of potash. http://www.siftocanada.com/saltbook/pioneerdays.html
The Canadian salt industry produces 12.5 million metric tonnes from major rock salt mines in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick and vacuum pan refineries in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; nearly three-fourths was rock salt which is used primarily for highway deicing.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/3.html
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