{"id":124042,"date":"2015-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/salina-praid-approximately-60-profit-growth-in-the-first-ten-months-of-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:54:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:54:27","slug":"salina-praid-approximately-60-profit-growth-in-the-first-ten-months-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/salina-praid-approximately-60-profit-growth-in-the-first-ten-months-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Salina Praid: Approximately 60% Profit Growth in the First Ten Months of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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&#8217;s tourism activities alone, approximately 15% more than last year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also in the first 10 months of the year, Salina Praid&#8217;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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>93% of the salt production at Praid is for de-icing, with the remainder delivered as fodder salt, salt briquettes, and bath salt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Last year, the salt mine&#8217;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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Salina Praid has been called &#8220;Europe&#8217;s Salt Shaker&#8221; 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&#8217;s needs for a century.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Mediafax<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What caused the profit increase at Salina Praid in 2015?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 60% profit increase was primarily driven by a significant rise in tourism, with visitor numbers exceeding the previous year&#8217;s total in just ten months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much salt does Salina Praid produce?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Salina Praid called &#8220;Europe&#8217;s Salt Shaker&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It earned this nickname because its massive salt deposit of 3 billion tons could theoretically supply the entire European continent for 100 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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