Russia: The harvest of unique sea salt in Crimea

In Crimea, on Lake Sasyk-Sivash near Yevpatoria, a unique pink sea salt is harvested. It ripens all summer and is rich in microelements that are beneficial to humans. This year, miners plan to collect about 15 thousand tons of salt, OTR reports. The picturesque pink lake Sakyk-Sivash can be seen from afar. But now there are almost no tourists here. But salt mining teams are working. The famous Crimean salt, Evpatoria pink salt, ripened on the lake. The technology of salt harvesting has not changed for more than a hundred years. The technology here is also old. The main unit - the salt harvester - was made in 1934. There is only one like this in the whole country. It would be time to order a new one, but it costs 15 million rubles. Therefore, salt miners take care of the old combine - when the harvest is over, they do a full diagnostic and preventative repair on it. Anton Antonenko, assistant combine operator: “We disassemble, cook, sort out the engine, chassis, chains, gears - ...