Most of the country's road salt - and all of its rock salt - comes from Cheshire, where rich reserves have been extracted since prehistoric times. Cheshire's salt mines date back to the Triassic ...

They turned to reserves, backup plans or, in some cases, sent trucks out to the American Rock Salt mine in Livingston County instead of waiting for loads to arrive. Some communities, including the ...

The miners, from the ICL Boulby Mine near the seaside tourist village of Staithes in North Yorkshire, extract more than 350,000 tonnes of rock salt each year. It is one of only two places in ...

As Delaware thaws from recent winter weather, the thousands of tons of rock salt spread across First State roads may be keeping drivers safe — but at a steep cost to the environment and ...