Sites & Locations

Watch our company video to view some of Cheetham Salt's sites and locations. Featuring stunning and panoramic views of our salt harvesting process in action, set in in uniquely Australian landscapes.

Our Price operation is situated on St. Vincent’s Gulf, approximately 140km north-west of Adelaide, SA. This operation includes a sea water fed, solar salt field and the largest manufacturing site within the Cheetham Salt network. This site commenced operations in 1919. 

The site produces a range of products to support food manufacturing, retail, export food markets, animal feed and industrial applications. Packaging size ranges from smaller retail packs through to larger packs, between 10kg, 25kg and bulk bags. This site supplies a growing export market with onsite container loading and shipping via the Port of Adelaide.

Our Bajool site is situated on the Fitzroy River Delta 50km south east of Rockhampton in Queensland. This operation includes two solar, sea water fed salt fields (Bajool field and Port Alma field), and a refinery located at the Bajool site. The Bajool Operations supplies salt to a range of market segments, including food manufacturing, animal feed producers, swimming pools and chemical manufacturers. Packaging size ranges from 10kg bags through to bulk tipper trucks and bulk containers.

The Kevin operation is located 65km west of Ceduna on Eyre Peninsula and approximately 860km from Adelaide. The name 'Kevin' is derived from a small town on the Flinders Highway east of the site. The salt harvesting operation and leases are situated within the area of Lake MacDonnell, a sea water salt pan. Crude sea salt is sold from this site in bulk shipments via a ship loading facility located at Thevenard, South Australia.

Sea Lake site is based at Lake Tyrrell. Lake Tyrrell, is the largest natural salt lake in Victoria. It was formed as a result of the inundation of the Murray-Darling basin through the rising and retreating sea level. 

Natural solar evaporation occurs to produce lake salts. It is an environmentally friendly method that results in high quality Sodium Chloride (minimum 99.3%).  

Our Mermaid Lake Salt is a refined, inland lake salt (sodium chloride) suitable for human consumption and complies with the rigorous Australian New Zealand Food Standards Code. Lake salt is produced at our Sea Lake site using natural solar evaporation of saline lake water, harvested, washed, dried, sized and packed in accordance with good manufacturing practice, under a quality system that complies with ISO 9001 and CODEX HACCP food safety. This product is a translucent to white solid, with a texture of medium fine granules.

This site also supplies a range of other market segments, including industrial chemical manufacturers and hide salt, animal feed, pet food sectors and salt for swimming pools. Packaging sizes vary from 20kg to 25kg and bulk bags.

The Lochiel operation is located approximately 150km north of Adelaide, SA. This site occupies a portion of Lake Bumbunga, Lochiel. This lake salt operation produces salt that is processed at the Price site for supply into bulk industrial markets.

The Corio site is located approximately 60km from Melbourne. The site produces salt flakes for food service and retail segments.