TABLE OF CONTENTS SALT ® HISTORY OF SALT © METHODS OF EXTRACTION * SOME EXISTING IN GHANA AND ABROAD. APPLICATION OR USES OF SALT © ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATIONHISTORY OF SALT ©The history of salt begins in ancient times and is closely related to different aspects of human history. “lt was first discovered in northern China in lake Yuncheng around 600 BC A Chinese man working on salt e* The Egyptians were the first to realize the preservation possibilities of salt. * It was discovered in the Ghana in the Songor Lagoon located in the west of Ada. * During the ancient time, in some rural area small pieces of salt were used as a currency in trade transactions.METHODS OF EXTRACTION OF SALT Salt may be extracted from sea water, mineral deposits, surface encrustations, saline lakes and brine springs “> There are three methods of extraction ;Solar evaporation method, Rock salt mining method, Vacuum evaporation method.SOLAR EVAPORATION METHOD “>This is the oldest method of salt production It has been used since salt crystals were first noticed in trapped pools of sea water. “Its use is practical only in warm climates where the evaporation rate exceeds the precipitation rate. "Salt exposed to the sun* Usually two types of ponds are used, the concentrating pond, where the salty water from the ocean or salt lake is concentrated and the second is called the crystallizing pond, where the salt is actually produced. “Itis mostly used in Portugal.SOA 7A oe PRODUCTION AA flow chart showing the processes involved in evaporating solar method,ROCK SALT MINING METHOD “The second oldest method of producing salt. © large machines travel through vast cave-like passageways performing various operations. ‘An excavator working in @ rock salt mine“© Salt mines are among the safest of Mines. “Equipment is used to load and haul the salt to machines that crush and feed the salt onto a conveyor belt.ROCK SAE cargur MINING PRODUCTION AA flow chart showing the processes involved in the rock salt mine methodVACUUM EVAPORATION METHOD “It involves the evaporation of salt brine by steam heat in a large commercial evaporators, called vacuum pans. ©The vacuum pans operates on a very simple principle, i.e, Whenever pressure is. lowered ,the temperature at which water will boil is also lowered. © This process yields a very high purity salt, fine in texture.‘A vacuum salt processing plant eEWNF OATES > SyNLr PRODUCTIONSOME EXISTING MINES IN GHANA © Ada in Greater Accra (Songor lagoon) * Keta in Eastern Region (Keta lagoon) * Komenda in Central Region % Ahanta West in Western Region > Weija in Greater AccraSOME EXISTING MINES IN ABROAD Sifto Salt Mines in Ontario (Canada) © Maras Salt(Peru) % Asse Salt Mine(Germany) © Atacama Salt Flat(Chile ) % Prahova Salt Mine(Romania)APPLICATION OF SALT “In the oil and gas industry, industrial salt used as drilling fluid acts as a lubricant and coolant for the drilling head. alt applications in the oil industry can also serve as flocculants, diverting agents industrial salt helps maintain a certain level of salinity for specific reactions to take place in the energy industry.APPLICATIONS OF SALT “? Industrial salt is used in the textile industry to fix the batches of dye. Industrial salt finds its use in the rubber industry to separate the rubber from latex. “Itis applied to remove calcium and magnesium in water to eliminate hardness is used as a raw material in the manufacturing of chemicals such as chlorine, caustic soda, soda ash in the chemical industry.OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION “Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of Pakistan ©The salt, which often has pinkish tint due to trace minerals, is primarily used as a food additive to replace refined table salt but is also used for cooking and food presentation, decorative lamps and spa treatments. © The product is often promoted with groundless claims that it has health benefits. “Himalayan salt is mined from the Salt Range mountains.REFERENCES + hetps://www.mortonsalt.com/GROUP 5 (SALT) Per * Sime oe aa * BIA cess aeineagoren BERGA Ian earece go Turrcun waver aay * aire