Ohio towns ration road salt as Morton mine shutdown enters fourth week. Company stays silent

Newseze Wire·Fri, Nov 13, 5:00 PMWire: Cleveland.com

The shutdown of Morton Salt's Lake County mine has left Ohio communities scrambling for road salt, facing open-market prices up to three times higher than their contracted rates.

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Ohio towns ration road salt as Morton mine shutdown enters fourth week. Company stays silent

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