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Saudi Automatic Salt
Factory
The factory was
established in 1397H (1977) at the Industrial City in Jeddah. The
factory receives crude salt from the Salt Works by trucks and then refines
it to make table salt, edible salt, as well as industrial salt. The
Saudi Salt Refinery's starting capacity was 7,500 MT per year. Since
then, the factory has expanded three times: once in the year 1400H (1980),
once in 1405H (1985), and once in 1416H (1996), which determined the
current capacity of 100,000 MT per year. These expansions were due
to increased demand in the local market, increased demand in GCC
countries, and especially due to the need for salt used in the
mud-drilling for oil by the Saudi ARAMCO company. |
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