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  2. Sambhar Salt Lake - Wikipedia

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    It produces 196,000 tonnes of clean salt every year, which is around 0.66% of India's salt production. [3] Salt is produced by evaporation of brine and is mostly managed by the government-owned company Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL), a joint venture of the Hindustan Salts Limited and the state government. [4] SSL owns 3% of the eastern lake.

  3. Solvay process - Wikipedia

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    The ingredients for this are readily available and inexpensive: salt brine (from inland sources or from the sea) and limestone (from quarries). The worldwide production of soda ash in 2005 was estimated at 42 million tonnes, [2] which is more than six kilograms (13 lb) per year for each person on Earth. Solvay-based chemical plants now produce ...

  4. Brine - Wikipedia

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    Brine (or briny water) is a high-concentration solution of salt (typically sodium chloride or calcium chloride) in water.In diverse contexts, brine may refer to the salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% (a typical concentration of seawater, on the lower end of that of solutions used for brining foods) up to about 26% (a typical saturated solution, depending on temperature).

  5. Brine mining - Wikipedia

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    Brine mining is the extraction of useful materials (chemical elements or compounds) which are naturally dissolved in brine. The brine may be seawater , other surface water , groundwater , or hyper-saline solutions from several industries (e.g., textile industries). [ 1 ]

  6. Brining - Wikipedia

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    Meat is soaked anywhere from 30 minutes to several days. The brine may be seasoned with spices and herbs. The amount of time needed to brine depends on the size of the meat: more time is needed for a large turkey compared to a broiler fryer chicken. Similarly, a large roast must be brined longer than a thin cut of meat.

  7. Open-pan salt making - Wikipedia

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    Inland salt production, using brine from natural brine streams flowing over buried salt deposits that were pumped up from the ground and evaporated using the open-pan technique. [ 4 ] Salt refining , a large-scale salt industry developed in coastal locations and based on a combination of inland salt mining and coastal salt production.

  8. Mining in India - Wikipedia

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    The mining industry in India is a major economic activity which contributes significantly to the economy of India. The gross domestic product (GDP) contribution of the mining industry varies from 2.2% to 2.5% only but going by the GDP of the total industrial sector, it contributes around 10% to 11%.

  9. History of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    Rice production continued to dominate Gujarat and wheat dominated north and central India. [5] Sugar mills appeared in India shortly during this era. Evidence for the use of a draw bar for sugar-milling appears at Delhi in 1540, but may date back earlier, and was mainly used in the northern Indian subcontinent.