Dampier Salt agrees to sale of Lake Macleod operation to Leichhardt

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dampier Salt Limited (Dampier Salt) has entered into a sales agreement for the Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Carnarvon, Western Australia, with privately-owned salt company Leichhardt Industrials Group (Leichhardt) for A$375 million (US$251 million). Completion of the sale is conditional on certain commercial and regulatory conditions being satisfied, and this is expected to occur by the end of the year. Rio Tinto’s Managing Director Port, Rail &am