The Bernburg salt plant is a key economic driver in the area
Bernburg was integrated into K+S Group subsidiary esco – european salt company in 2002 and is now the largest of esco’s three German production sites. The company has invested nearly 170 million euros in modernizing the operation in recent years, reports Mine Stories.
Bernburg’s salt is shipped worldwide for use in agriculture, pharmaceuticals and as a key element in countless chemical and industrial processes, but its single biggest use is as de-icing salt to improve safety on slippery winter roads in Scandinavia and other European countries.
With a production capacity of around 2.5 million tonnes of rock and evaporated salt as well as 1.4 million tonnes of brine salt, the Bernburg plant is esco’s largest production site in Germany. The plant, which employs around 430 people, has a history of more than 100 years.
