K+S Salt LLC Email Format
Mining & MetalsIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
K+S Salt LLC was established as the U.S. subsidiary of the German group K+S AG, operating in the mining sector with a focus on salt products. It is part of the K+S Group, a global enterprise that includes Morton Salt in North America, esco in Europe, and K+S Latin America, and positions the Salt business unit as the world’s largest supplier of salt products. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois, and functions within a multinational organization that also produces potassium and magnesium fertilizers. The Salt business unit has an annual production capacity of about 32 million tonnes, highlighting its scale in salt production. The information indicates the Salt unit operates across global entities, consistent with the broader group’s footprint. In late 2023, K+S expanded facilities at Sigmundshall and, in partnership with Aquapurna, built a shrimp farm there.