In the first ten months of this year, Salina Praid recorded a profit of 4.948 million RON, an increase of approximately 60% compared to last year, when it had a profit of 3 million RON. This growth is mainly due to tourism activities.
In the first ten months of 2015, Salina Praid was visited by 550,000 people, compared to 537,000 in the entire year of 2014.
The Head of the Tourism Service within Salina Praid, Ilie Colorian, stated that in the first eight months, the Salt Mine collected over 2.3 million EUR from the company’s tourism activities alone, approximately 15% more than last year.
Also in the first 10 months of the year, Salina Praid’s production was 65,000 tons of salt, down from 81,000 tons in the same period last year, due to weather conditions and the lack of exports.
On the other hand, domestic demand increased. While in 2014, 250,000 tons of salt were auctioned on the stock exchange nationally, this year the demand rose to 300,000 tons.
93% of the salt production at Praid is for de-icing, with the remainder delivered as fodder salt, salt briquettes, and bath salt.
The revenues generated by Salina Praid from salt sales and tourism, from January to the end of October, total 24,361,936 RON, with year-end receipts estimated at up to 30 million RON.
Last year, the salt mine’s management invested 600,000 RON, and the procurement of new high-performance equipment continued this year, so Salina Praid had no issues regarding fire safety authorization.
Salina Praid has been called “Europe’s Salt Shaker” by specialists, who claim that if salt were extracted at maximum capacity from the massif of approximately 3 billion tons, which is 3 km thick, it would cover the entire continent’s needs for a century.
Source: Mediafax
Frequently Asked Questions
What caused the profit increase at Salina Praid in 2015?
The 60% profit increase was primarily driven by a significant rise in tourism, with visitor numbers exceeding the previous year’s total in just ten months.
How much salt does Salina Praid produce?
In the first ten months of 2015, production reached 65,000 tons, with 93% dedicated to de-icing and the rest for fodder, briquettes, and bath salts.
Why is Salina Praid called “Europe’s Salt Shaker”?
It earned this nickname because its massive salt deposit of 3 billion tons could theoretically supply the entire European continent for 100 years.