Table of Contents
1 Summary
2 Occurrence and properties of salt
Occurrence and reserves of salt: Brine salt; Rock salt; Salt domes:
Other sources of salt;
Methods of salt recovery: Shaft mining of rock
salt; Solution mining of salt; Solar evaporation of salt; Grades of salt;
3 World salt production capacity by company
Salt production capacity by company in: Europe; North America; Central
America; South America; Africa; Middle East; Asia; Oceania;
Corporate
activity in the salt industry;
4 World production of salt
World production of salt by region;
Production of salt in:
Europe; North America; Central America; South America; Africa; Middle East;
Asia; Oceania;
5 Review of global salt industry
Details of salt producers, processors, production, reserves, consumption,
imports, exports and projects in each of the following countries, where
applicable:
Afghanistan; Algeria; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan;
Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belarus; Belgium; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Burma (Myanmar); Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde
Islands; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Denmark;
Djibouti; Dominican Republic; Egypt; El Salvador; Eritrea; Ethiopia; France;
Gabon; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Guatemala; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Iran;
Iraq; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; North Korea;
South Korea; Kuwait; Laos; Lebanon; Lesser Antilles; Libya; Madagascar; Mali;
Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Mozambique;
Namibia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan;
Panama; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia;
Senegal; Serbia; Sierra Leone; Slovakia; Slovenia; Somalia; South Africa;
Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Switzerland; Syria; Tadjikistan; Taiwan; Tanzania;
Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine;
United Arab Emirates; UK; USA; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen;
Profiles of over 200 salt producing and processing companies, including:
Cheetham Salt Limited; Dampier Salt Limited; Mitsui & Company Limited (Onslow
Salt and Shark Bay Resources); Solvay SA; China National Salt Industry
Corporation; Groupe Salins; K+S Aktiengesellschaft; Hellenic Saltworks SA;
Hindustan Salt Limited; Tata Chemicals Limited; Exportadora de Sal SA; Akzo
Nobel Salt BV; Dominion Salt Limited; Pakistan Mineral Development
Corporation; Donald Brown (Royal Salt, Salpura and Saltcor); Ercros Group;
Compass Minerals (Salt Union); Cargill Salt; Rohm and Haas (Morton Salt);
And many more…
6 World consumption of salt
World consumption of salt by end use; Outlook for world salt consumption;
7 Use of salt in chlor-alkali production
Methods of chlor-alkali production: Mercury cell process; Diaphragm
cell process; Ion-exchange membrane cell; Other methods of chlorine
production;
Global distribution of chlor-alkali plants;
Chlor-alkali production and capacity: Chlorine capacity and production in: China;
Europe; Japan; USA;
Consumption of salt in chlor-alkali production;
Consumption and end uses of chlorine: Use of chlorine in: Polyvinyl
chloride (PVC); Pulp and paper; Organic chemicals: Isocyanates and oxygenates;
Chloromethanes; Epichlorohydrin; Chlorinated solvents; Water treatment;
Manufacture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment; Pharmaceuticals; Outlook for
chlorine;
Production and consumption of caustic soda: End uses for
caustic soda: End uses of caustic soda in: Europe; Japan; USA; Outlook for
caustic soda;
Outlook for the chlor-alkali industry;
8 Use of salt in synthetic soda ash manufacture
Manufacturing processes for synthetic soda ash; World soda ash capacity; World
production of soda ash;
End uses of soda ash: Use of soda ash in:
Glass; Chemicals; Sodium silicate production; Sodium bicarbonate production;
Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) production; Other uses for soda ash;
Consumption of salt in the production of synthetic soda ash;
9 Other chemical applications of salt
Use of salt in: Metallic sodium manufacture; Hydrochloric acid (HCl)
production; Sodium chlorate and perchlorate production; Other chemical
applications for salt;
10 Use of salt in road de-icing
Environmental impact of salt on roads; Alternative de-icing agents to salt:
Calcium chloride (CaCl2); Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA); Magnesium chloride;
Other de-icing agents; Consumption of salt in de-icing;
11 Salt for human consumption
Types of salt used; Consumption of salt in food and food processing; Health
concerns over human consumption of salt: High blood pressure;
12 Other applications of salt
Use of salt in animal feed; Use of salt in water treatment; Use of salt in
drilling fluids; Use of salt in leather treatment; Minor end uses of salt;
13 International trade in salt
Patterns in world salt trade; Exports of salt; Imports of salt; Salt trade in
North America; Salt trade in Europe; Salt trade in the Asia-Pacific region;
14 Salt prices
Average values of salt in world trade;
LIST OF TABLES
There are 324 tables and 29 figures in The Economics of Salt, 12th edition
2007. Some sample tables are listed below:
- World: Estimated production capacities of leading salt companies
- World: Salt production by region
- Australia: Estimated salt production capacity by company
- Cheetham Salt: Details of salt operations
- Solvay: Estimated salt production capacity by plant
- Canada: Exports of salt by country
- Canada: Estimated consumption of salt in chlorine production
- China National Salt Group: Subsidiary companies
- China: Estimated demand for salt from soda ash and chlor-alkali capacity
- K+S: Salt revenues by product group
- Germany: Apparent consumption of salt
- Tata Chemicals: Production, captive use and sales of salt and soda ash
- Italy: Salt production capacity by company
- Japan: Forecast demand for salt
- Akzo Nobel: Salt production capacity by plant
- Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation: Details of main salt mines
- Poland: Production of salt by type
- Russia: Production of salt
- South Africa: Production and local sales of salt
- Spain: Apparent consumption of salt
- Ukraine: Exports of salt by country
- UK: Salt production capacity by company
- USA: Salt sold or used by producers by state
- Cargill Salt: Estimated salt production capacity by plant and type
- USA: Consumption of salt by main end uses
- China: Production of caustic soda and implied output of chlorine and
consumption of salt
- China, Europe, USA and Japan: Estimated consumption of salt in chlor-alkali
- World: Forecast regional use of PVC by application
- Regional production of paper and paperboard by grade
- USA: Historic and forecast demand for chlorinated solvents
- World: Soda ash production capacity by main company
- World: Estimated consumption of salt in soda ashmanufacture
- World: Estimated population and consumption of salt in food by region, 2025
- USA: Consumption of salt by the oil industry
- Western Europe: Regional salt exports by main country of origin
- Asia Pacific: Regional salt imports by main country of origin
- UK: Published prices of ground rock salt
- USA: Salt prices in US$/t equivalents
- Average value of salt imports of major world importers
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