Lanka Salt Hambantota was originally established as a fully state-owned corporation. On January 24, 1997, the Ministry of ...

At present the Hambantota saltern lacks surplus reserves ... with Lanka Salt Limited supplying 60%–65% of Sri Lanka’s salt requirements. The company sells around 60,000 metric tons of salt ...

Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces are ideal locations for establishing salterns, which could support ancillary domestic industries creating a range of new employment opportunities for the ...