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Pink Salt Mine That Built Everyone Else's Fortune

A $13 billion market. Pakistan's cut: almost nothing. This was a choice.

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Mar 09, 2026
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Pakistan sits on one of the largest salt deposits on earth. The Khewra Salt Mine in Punjab’s Jhelum district holds an estimated 220 million tonnes of halite reserves, according to the Geological Survey of Pakistan, with annual extraction averaging 385,000 tonnes. Pakistan exports more pink Himalayan salt than any other country in the world.

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