Despite last year’s concerns that there would not be enough salt stockpiled to sate US demand, early results indicate that less salt will be required in 2012 and less has been sold.
Mild weather has led to mine shutdowns and a fall in salt sales across the US, two major suppliers of de-icing grades have revealed.
In January US salt producer Compass Minerals released the results of its Q4 2011 highway de-icing sales. The company, which worked hard to...