Description of Operations
There are several methods that can be employed in the production of salt. These include Solar evaporation of seawater technique, Solar evaporation of brine from underground wells or boreholes, Solution mining, Natural brine of lakes, Rock mining and Vacuum salt production technique.
The commonest and most economic is solar evaporation technique with the source of brine from the sea or underground wells or boreholes. All the major salt producing companies such as Cargill Salt , USA and Diamante Branco, Brazil employ the solar evaporation technique.
CSSL uses the solar evaporation of seawater for salt production.
Production Flow Chart
