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Salt Union Salt Facts 8.01.10

We hope you find these topical facts and figures interesting.

Salt Union is the UK's largest supplier of rock salt which is mined from Winsford rock salt mine in Cheshire.

The mine works around the clock during periods of high demand and has been on a 24 hour, 7 day a week, shift pattern since mid-December.

The mine is a vast cavernous space with over 100 miles of underground roads.

Salt is extracted using the continuous miner machine - it uses tungsten steel cutting picks fitted to a drum to claw away the rock salt and weighs 130 tonnes. See it in action here

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