British Salt plant near the Trent and Mersey Canal in Middlewich, Cheshire

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. The Trent and Mersey Canal is a canal linking the River Trent at Shardlow in Derbyshire to the River Mersey at Runcorn in Cheshire. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral... Statistics Population: 13,170 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SJ704663 Administration District: Congleton Shire county: Cheshire Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Cheshire Historic county: Cheshire Services Police force: Cheshire Fire and rescue: Cheshire Ambulance: North West Post office and telephone... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a...

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 Competition Commission is an independent body responsible for investigating mergers, market shares and conditions and the regulation of UK companies. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a...

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: Brine is water saturated or nearly saturated with salt. ...

• Water Softeners
• Chemical Industry
• Food Processing
• Animal Feeds
• Textiles & Tanning

See also

History of salt in Middlewich Middlewich lies on the confluence of three rivers - the Dane, the Croco and the Wheelock. ...

External links

British Salt website

References

1. ^ AllBusiness website. Food and Drink Weekly. Retrieved on 2007 February 9.
2. ^ British Salt purchase of New Cheshire Salt Works. Competition Commisssion. Retrieved on 2007 February 9.
3. ^ Grand plan for salt works. Northwich Guardian. Retrieved on 2007 February 15.