Development of the Salt Deposits of North East Thailand

Abstract

North East Thailand has massive deposits of rock salt. They haven ot
been developed on a large scale because the processes considered to date do not
produce chemical products of particular value.
In this paper the desirability of utilising the salt deposits is analysed
with regard to the industrial development of the area. The various possibilities
for doing so are also considered.
The writer concludes that a little-known process called the Monocyc1e
Process, which has the nitrogenous fertili ser Ammonium Chloride as a co-product,
has the greatest potential for development.