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Zakarpattia region can fully provide Ukraine with technical salt in six months – official
KYIV. Aug 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Kation Invest LLC (village of Tereblia, Zakarpattia region) has begun the development of the Bushty salt deposit on the territory of the Bushty community of the Tiachiv district of Zakarpattia region, which will fully meet the needs of Ukraine in technical salt, Head of Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration Viktor Mykyta said on Facebook.
He said that the company expects to produce the first batches of salt within six months. In total, the field allows to produce up to 150,000 tonnes per month by underground extraction through boreholes located on the surface of the earth.
"Unfortunately, due to the hostilities in Donetsk region, the Artyomsol state-owned enterprise, which provided 100% of the country’s needs, was halted. To fulfill certain tasks to cover the country’s food security, Zakarpattia region was involved in this difficult, but extremely important work. After preliminary geological research, a colossal salt layer starting from 35m to 500m was discovered," he said.
According to Mykyta, Kation Invest has already begun engineering work on the construction of an access road, marking drilling sites, equipped housing for workers, and also purchased modern equipment for deep industrial drilling.
"According to experts, in six months we will have the first mined salt. The deposit will be able to meet 100% of Ukraine’s demand for technical salt supplied to hold roads in the winter. Now the country’s need for technical salt is up to 450,000 tons per season," the head of the administration said.
In addition, it is planned to develop the infrastructure of the enterprise for the production of table salt for the needs of the population.
"We provided the investor with the most favorable conditions, agreed to consider additional options within the industrial park, allowing the enterprise to develop faster," Mykyta said.
According to the unified public register of legal entities and sole proprietors, Kation Invest LLC with a charter capital of UAH 4.3 million was established in 2014, 95% of its shares belong to Valentyn Kondratiev and 5% to Ihor Herei.
As reported, the state-owned enterprise Artyomsol (Soledar, Donetsk region), previously the largest salt producer in Europe, stopped work in April indefinitely due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. The production process at the enterprise is impossible due to the shelling of Soledar by the Russians, damage to its salt mines and infrastructure.
As a result, Ukraine was forced to buy salt from Poland, Romania and Hungary.
