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.
Approximately 8,500 square miles of New York State are underlain by rock salt beds of potential commercial thickness. Salt is mined in New York via two methods. The two methods are rock salt mining and solution mining. New York typically ranks third in total salt mined among the salt-producing states. Solution salt mining is regulated by the Division of Mineral Resources.