Rock salt mined at the ICL Boulby plant in North Yorkshire is used by gritters across northern England and beyond As cold weather takes hold across the country, gritters will be out in force ahead ...

The mine, which opened in 1973, extracts more than 350,000 tonnes of rock salt each year, used for de-icing pavements and roads in wintery weather. It recently became the world's first polyhalite ...

They clear the snow with their plows while applying salt to melt the ice on the roads. Without these efforts, most of us would literally be stuck in our homes. Rock salt is necessary as it is the ...

Luckily, experts have found a cheap but effective way to keep stubborn weeds at bay, and it involves using salt. Rock salt is often sprinkled on roads, driveways, and walkways before or after ...