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Goderich Operation

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 Location:
0 km from Goderich, Ontario, Canada

  Regional Office:
300 North Harbour Road W
Goderich
Ontario, Canada
N7A 3Y9
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Salt (rock)
  • Salt (evaporated)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
Processing
  • Crush & Screen plant
  • Mechanical evaporation
Mine Life83 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)
Goderich Operation consist of Goderich Salt Mine(Rock salt mined) and Goderich Plant(prodused Evaporated Salt product).
Goderich salt mine, located 1,800 feet under Lake Huron, is the largest underground salt mine in the world.


Owners

Source: p. 17, 27, 30, 108
CompanyInterestOwnership
Compass Minerals International Inc. 100 % Indirect
Sifto Canada Corp. (operator) 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:


Mining Methods

  • Continuous


Summary:

The company introduced continuous mining at the Goderich mine in 2012 and shifted all of Goderich mine production to this technology at the end of 2017. Mining machinery moves salt from the salt face to conveyor belts, which transport the salt to the mill center where it is crushed and screened. It is then hoisted to the surface where the processed salt is loaded onto shipping vessels, railcars or trucks. The primary power sources for each rock salt mines are electricity and diesel fuel. Rock salt is sold in our highway deicing product lines and for numerous applications in consumer and industrial product lines.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Crush & Screen plant
  • Mechanical evaporation

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Summary:

The Goderich plant has operated since 1867, after an unsuccessful search for oil uncovered a vast bed of rock salt under Goderich.

Using mechanical evaporation, the plant produces high-purity, fine- and coarse-grained salt products in packages and in bulk for commercial, agricultural and industrial applications. The plant also packages rock salt from the mine that is used for deicing and water conditioning.

Mechanical evaporation involves creating salt-saturated brine from brine wells in underground salt deposits and subjecting this salt-saturated brine to vacuum pressure and heat to precipitate and crystallize salt. The primary power sources used for this process are natural gas and electricity. The resulting product has a high purity and uniform physical shape. Mechanically evaporated salt is primarily sold through consumer and industrial salt product lines.

The company produces finished Salt products at four locations in Canada. Rock salt mined at th ........


Operational Metrics:

Metrics202020192018201720162015
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required140,000 tons of salt (evaporated)140,000 tons of salt (evaporated)130,000 tons of salt (evaporated)130,000 tons of salt (evaporated)130,000 tons of salt (evaporated)
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required8,000,000 tons of salt (rock) de-icing salt8,000,000 tons of salt (rock) de-icing salt8,000,000 tons of salt (rock) de-icing salt8,000,000 tons of salt (rock) de-icing salt8,000,000 tons of salt (rock) de-icing salt
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven & Probable 541.3 M tons Salt (rock)


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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Annual Report 2018
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Annual Report 2015
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