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.
It can be made in a laboratory by the reaction of sodium with chlorine. However, it is found naturally in large amounts in sea water or in underground deposits. It is often obtained either by evaporating sea water or by mining underground deposits.ining. Salt can be mined as rock salt which is used to treat icy roads in the winter. It lowers the melting point of the ice on the roads so that it melts, even when the temperature is below 0ÂºC. Salt can also be mined by solution mining.