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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox company | name = Dampier Salt | image = | image_caption = | type = Private | industry = Salt production | founded = 1972 | hq_location = Perth, Western Australia | products = Salt | production = 9 million tonnes per annum | owners = 68.4% Rio Tinto Group<br>21.5% Marubeni<br>10.1% Sojitz }} '''Dampier Salt''' is an Australian salt company located in Western Australia, with operations in Dampier and Port Hedland, headquarters in Perth. Since beginning operations at Dampier in 1972, the company has developed into one of the world's largest private salt producers, with production capacity of over four million tonnes per annum at Dampier and nine million tonnes per annum company-wide. Most of this salt is naturally sourced from the Punt Road region and is known for its high purity.<ref name="DS">{{cite web|title=Dampier Salt web site |url=http://www.dampiersalt.com.au/tnpn002785/prod/dsl/dslhome.nsf |accessdate=12 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302082615/http://www.dampiersalt.com.au/tnpn002785/prod/dsl/dslhome.nsf |archivedate=2 March 2009 }}</ref>
Dampier Salt is 68.4% owned by the Rio Tinto Group, 21.5% by Marubeni, and the remaining 10.1% by Sojitz.<ref name="DS"/>
==Important Bird Areas== The 52 km<sup>2</sup> solar evaporation pond complex at Dampier has been identified by BirdLife International as the Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area, while the 78 km<sup>2</sup> complex near Port Hedland has been identified as the Port Hedland Saltworks Important Bird Area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |title=IBA: Dampier Saltworks |accessdate=2011-06-16 |work=Birdata |publisher=Birds Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706102341/http://www.birdata.com.au/iba.vm |archivedate=6 July 2011 }}</ref>
{{wide image|Dampier panorama Nov06 SMC.jpg|1200px|Panorama of saltworks at Dampier, November 2006}}
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Category:Companies based in Perth, Western Australia Category:Rio Tinto (corporation) subsidiaries Category:Salt production Category:Economy of the Pilbara Category:Sojitz Category:Marubeni Category:Australian companies established in 1972
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