Export rock salt to India and Russia from Iran, pink rock salt, red rock salt, industrial salt, edible rock salt.
Iran Rock salt
Iran is one of the major exporters of rock salt in the world market because of its great diversity of rock salt as well as its ability to extract this mineral substance.
The main countries that purchase Rock salt form Iran are Turkey and Iraq with neighboring countries on the Caspian Sea currently added to this list among other customers.
Iran has different types of rock salt and salt mines indicate this matter.
Some of the rock salt in Iran are unique in the world, including blue salt, though unknown in the country it has a prosperous market in Europe.
In the following section we are going to introduce the export capacity of Iran rock salt. For more information, you can contact us to get free consultation.
Introducing edible rock salt
Edible rock salt is a kind of salt with the purity of more than 98%, therefore any salt cannot be considered as edible salt.
On the other hand, edible rock salt with purity of over 98% are scarier than other kinds of rock salt, which makes them more expensive than others.
We offer two types of edible salt in our Halito Rock Salt Collection which is unrivaled in Iran market and the world. Besides, white salt cannot be found with this quality in the world market.
White rock salt is extractable in many areas, but the desired quality is only available in a specific area for edible use.
Halito edible white rock salt is divided into two categories, both of which are very amazing:
- Edible white rock salt with the purity of 98.5%
- Edible white rock salt with the purity of 99.5%
White rock salt is very rare with this percentage of purity, and in different provinces where salt is extracted there is no such quality.
The two salt is widely exported, with Russia, Iraq and Turkey the main buyers.
Uses of edible rock salt
You might think that edible rock salt is only used in cooking or producing white salt due to its name. Though it is true, it has so many other uses well.
The main characteristic of edible rock salt is its high purity and high amount of sodium. On the other hand, the amount of magnesium and calcium in rock salt is zero.
This feature makes rock salt a great option for water refinement and resin recovery, so using edible salt is quite common in water softening.
other use of edible salt is to produce ornamental rock salt. You may not believe it but it is true!
However, these two salts are different in terms of properties. For example, the first rock salt is very resistant to cutting and drilling and is used in making ornamental rock salt but the second salt does not have this resistance property and is used in producing edible salt and resin recovery.
Edible Salt as mentioned is used in producing ornamental salt. Besides, it has medial properties due to its high purity. In Halito the rock salt is used in producing salt brick as well.
Halito therapeutic salt bricks are widely used in producing salt rooms.
The rock salt is widely used in many food industries, textile production and dyeing as well.
Cattle salt licks for sale
The many uses of rock salt were mentioned in the above section. In this section we are going to talk about other usages of rock salt in livestock feeding.
All countries in the world are common in using salt for their livestock. They all have to use livestock salt but in different forms and kinds.
For example, in Iran, in order to reduce the cost, the livestock salt is used as its regular lump form with different weights. However, in other countries it is common to use cut-shaped rock salt.
Halito Salt company offers both types of livestock salt, lump salt and cut salt suitable for export markets.
Halito company offers cut salt stone with an exceptional price. Call us for the price
Benefits of rock salt
According to the latest scientific reports, glowing crystals in rock salt are one of the natural sources of negative ion.
In today modern world, the use of electronic devices such as cell phones, TVs, microwaves, laptops, etc is an integral part of our lives. However, while helping to improve the quality of life, they leave irreparable effects on human health by producing positive ions.
Negative ions produced by rock salt crystals can help neutralize the positive ions produced by electronics. Therefore, we should know about the value of this natural substance. Roman and Greek physicians have long understood the positive effect of rock salt on their lives and works.
The positive effects of using rock salt include:
- Improving temperament
- treatment of skin diseases
- Treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma, allergies, colds, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis
- Treatment of sinusitis
- Curing smoking cough
It should be mentioned that the ordinary rock salt is not used to cure the above diseases. In order to be effective it has to be transformed into other forms, such as salt lamp, salt bricks and salt room.
Iran salt mine
There are two types of salt mines in Iran, including mountain salt mines and salts extracted from the sea.
Garmsar in Semnan province is one of the most important rock salt suppliers in Iran, which provides a large part of Iran exported rock salt.
There are a lot of Salt mines in many cities of Iran, but the purity of them differs in terms of color.
Garmsar salt is of high quality and provides more than 70 percent of Iran’s exported salt. At present, there are six active salt mines in Garmsar that extract thousands of tons of salt per day, having the potential of meeting the needs of domestic and global market.
Edible and top-grade salt is not found in all Garmsar mines, and only one mine can supply such salt. Halito is the largest supplier of edible salt in the region.
Salt extraction for export purposes is done in two ways, including open-air and tunnel salt mines.
In recent years, tunnel salt mines have been used for extracting rock salt due to their no need for stripping.
The rock salt of Garmsar mines is divided into the following types based on its color:
- White rock salt
- Blue rock salt
- Orange rock salt
- Red rock salt
- Black rock salt
- Crystal rock salt
- White stripped rock salt
The list above encompasses a wide range of use in food, livestock and industrial industries.
Method of extraction of salt from mines
In both open air and tunnel salt mine, salt extracting is first done by drilling holes with drillers. The depth and number of holes varies from one extraction site to another. The number of holes usually ranges from 10 or 20 to 100 or 200.
The depth of holes depends on the length of drill. The length of drill in rock salt mines ranges from 2.5 meters to 6 to 9 meters.
Eventually they place explosive material in the holes and detonate it. After the explosion, the rock salt is separated from the salt mount and piled up and transported to the factory by loaders.
The tunnel extraction method uses the same pitting and blasting technique except that the pits created must be vertical and angular.
Export industrial salt
In addition to the variant rock salt mentioned above, the industrial salt or unrefined salt has a very high market abroad, being a good option for export.
Industrial salt is actually unrefined salt which is the result of crushing rock salt . It has different aggregates with the smallest type of aggregate in the size of the dust to the largest aggregate in the size of chickpea.
The many applications of unrefined salt have led to the high demand for this product in the domestic and global market.
Industrial salt price
Salt is the most common food in the world that has been ignored due to its abundancy on the table. However, it is interesting to know that before the industrial revolution, salt extraction was very difficult and prisoners were employed to extract salt because the dust from cutting rock salt hills caused the death of workers.
But the advent of industrial revolution and sophisticated machinery as well as explosive and extraction systems, made it very easy to extract salt.
However, the use of salt is widespread in every aspect of life, and in every field the use of salt is a prerequisite for production and innovation, making salt an accessible and specialized commodity. In this regard every industry uses its own salt size special to the its industry.
Such conditions have led to the precise and advance extraction of salt and has made its price different from the past.
The salt has 2 price announced in order:
- Price at mine door or factory door
- FOB price
- CRF destination price
The above price determines the cost of salt for sale and purchase. However, the primary condition for pricing is determined by the quality of product. Besides that, there are a number of other factors rather than quality that matters, because every country offers different services. For example, the rate of transportation or wages in some countries are low whereas in other countries it might be high.
The most important factor in pricing rock salt and salt is product quality
For example, the world famous Himalayan rock salt, is priced from $ 12 to $ 35, depending on the quality of the product, but the same salt for delivery in the destination for example in the UAE is priced 70 to 150 $. The added costs are related to packaging, customs and shipping.
Of all rock salt and salt in the world, the most expensive rock salt is the Iranian Blue Rock salt, followed by the Himalayan Rock salt .
On the other hand, one of the cheapest salt available in the world is the unrefined salts of our country Iran, with the neighboring countries as major purchasers.
Salt importing and exporting countries
Salt import and export is common throughout the world, but some countries have stringent salt import laws, including Iran and Pakistan.
The two countries are banned from importing any kind of salt because they have plenty of salt source, but there are also many exporting countries listed in the below table as the 20 top salt producers in the world.
Export rock salt to India and Russia
Since Russia and India are in urgent need of salt, Halito is capable of supplying more than 10,000 tons of salt per month and exporting it to Russia, being the largest salt provider in the Middle East.
Delivery of rock salt to Mundra and Nhavasheva ports in India is an important daily routine activity of the Halito rock salt collection.
Source: Halito rock salt company