Inside the Yorkshire mine where England's gritters get their salt
Boulby mine, near Staithes, supplies about half the de-icing rock salt used on the country's roads.
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Boulby Mine
Mineral mine in North Yorkshire, England
The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of Loftus, North Yorkshire. It is operated by Cleveland Potash Limited, a subsidiary of Israel Chemicals Ltd., ICL, which acquired the project from Anglo American plc in April 2002.
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