Compass sees salt sales surge in North America
By Antonio Torrisi
Published: Friday, 11 April 2014
Compass Minerals expects its position as a global salt supplier to be strengthened as North America is hit by a harsh winter. Its recent acquisition of Canadian fertiliser producer Wolf Trax will also give the company access to a diversified crop market, consolidating its position as a major supplier of fertilisers.
US-based salt and fertiliser producer, Compass Minerals,
anticipates positive results from its salt business in Q1 2014,
on the back of a particularly cold winter in North
America.
Sales volumes of highway de-icing salt in the US, Canada and
the UK, together with rock salt sales to the chemical
industry,...