In the early 1970s it became apparent that even with an annual output of 60,000 tonnes, Grassmere could not meet industry’s growing need for salt.
In 1971, at Mount Maunganui, in New Zealand’s North Island, a site was chosen for a plant to process bulk salt from either Lake Grassmere or overseas. Situated adjacent to one of New Zealand’s largest export ports, the Port of Tauranga, and in close proximity to key consumers such as the pulp and paper …