Salt factory which was built at an outlay of 300 million Birr in Semera town, Afar State, has gone operational. The factory is built by investors from Ethiopia and Turkey.
The factory is built over 50,000 square meters of land and it is said to have a capacity of producing 1,000 tons of iodized table salt every day. In addition to this, the plant will be able to produce from 10,000 quintals to 14,000 quintals of salt that can be utilized as an input for factories.
According to Fana Broadcasting Corporate, the Afar located factory has created job opportunities for 300 Ethiopians and it is estimated this number might rise to 800 after it goes operational on full capacity.
Ethiopia is expected to benefit from its abundant salt resources for the plant will supply different kinds of salts to factories.
Source: Fana Broadcasting Corporate
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