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As we approach the 2019-2020 Winter, many thoughts should begin to turn toward raw material supplies of winter deicers. This is a good time to try to understand some of the dynamic forces that can affect supply and pricing of commodity products like...

Salt Addiction
America is addicted to salt and it’s a growing problem with no easy answers. We’re not talking about food salt. This is deicing salt addiction.
According to various sources, globally we consume about 80 million tons of road salt per year. Of that, the United States consumes about 25 percent in a heavy winter. Interestingly, Europe consumes just 7-8 million tons – or roughly ?rd of what the U...

Where’s The Salt?
Regional supply and price challenges grow in road salt supply for the preseason 2018-19.
While there is plenty of salt on this blue marble in space that we all live on, road salt availability in certain regions is showing early signs of supply and price problems as we enter the preseason this fall....

Winter 2017-18 arrived late much like the past few winters. While many regions experienced significant and prolonged cold in December and early January, no appreciable amounts of snow in the population centers came during that cold stretch. While most...