The country of Iraq covers the region known since ancient times as Mesopotamia, a Greek word meaning land between the rivers.. The fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers supported some of the worldâs earliest civilizations.
In Saskatchewan there are two grades of sodium sulphate: the first is a salt cake grade, which is primarily used for wood digestion in the pulp and paper industry; the second is a detergent grade product that is used in detergents, glass, dyes, textiles, tanning, and in the chemical industry.
Rock salt is the key ingredient in the 'grit' which keeps our road network moving despite ice and snow. Rock salt is composed of the mineral halite (sodium chloride) and occurs in thick beds, deep beneath parts of Cheshire, Yorkshire and Northern Ireland.