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.
Salt in Canada. Canada has three known major salt formations, with large deposits located in Western Canada, Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces. In Western Canada, the salt beds extend from the Northwest Territories down through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and into Manitoba.oday, Compass Minerals has operations throughout North America. In Canada, the Goderich salt mine annually produces 7,250,000 tons of salt. Evaporation plants in Goderich, Ontario; Unity, Saskatchewan; and Amherst, Nova Scotia; produce a total of more than 470,000 tons per year.