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Midlife makeoverCompass Minerals prepares the Goderich underground salt mine for the next century of mining

Compass Minerals prepares the Goderich underground salt mine for the next century of mining

By Herb Mathisen

March 14, 2022

Stretching out under the water of Lake Huron, Compass Minerals’ Goderich salt mine is expected to be in operation until 2094. Courtesy of Compass Minerals

Salt production in Goderich, Ontario, in one form or another, is as old as Canada. The midwestern Ontario town’s underground salt mine – the largest in the world – has been in operation for 62 years.

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