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Originally Posted by blazey
How do any of you even know that there was ever enough grit in the country to begin with to deal with this weather?
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Just for you, blazey,
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De-icing or gritting salt is nothing like the white grains we use to season food. Made from crushed rock salt carved out of underground mines, it is brownish in colour and resembles gravel.
The salt used to melt ice and add traction on the UK's snow-covered byways comes not from the sea but from three main mines - the Salt Union's Winsford Rock Salt Mine in Cheshire, Cleveland Potash in Teesside and the Irish Salt Mining and Exploration Company in County Antrim.
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BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Where does road salt come from?
Just a simple google will often save someone from posting in ignorance.
