industry sodium sulphate founded 1947 as a crown corporation headquarters chaplin saskatchewan canada products sodium sulphate website saskatchewan minerals saskatchewan minerals inc. is a privately held company located in saskatchewan canada that mines and processes sodium sulphate . originally established as a crown corporation in 1947 . today the company is one of the largest producers of anhydrous sodium sulphate in north america with production capability of 285 000 tons per year . 1 the company has won the canada s 50 best managed companies award . 2 originally established in 1947 by the government of tommy douglas the company remained a crown corporation until privatized in 1988 by the government of grant devine . 3 the primary plant has operated in chaplin saskatchewan since that time . a second plant operated at mossbank saskatchewan from 1954 until 1984 and third plant operated at ingebrigt saskatchewan from 1966 until 1984 . 3 during the 1980s the market shifted to requiring higher purity sodium sulphate primarily for use in detergents resulting the upgrade of the original chaplin plant and shutting down the plants producing lower grade material . 3 the ingebrigt facility remained in a standby condition 1 references edit a b saskatchewan minerals inc. complete profile . industry canada . retrieved 2011 07 09 . saskatchewan minerals inc. named one of canada s 50 best managed companies . canadian news wire . retrieved 2011 07 09 . a b c encyclopedia of saskatchewan saskatchewan minerals . university of regina . retrieved 2011 07 09 . external links edit saskatchewan minerals v t e saskatchewan crown corporations crown investments corporation cic current crowns owned through cic sask gaming sgi sasktel saskpower saskenergy saskatchewan transportation company saskwater information services corporation of saskatchewan investment saskatchewan saskatchewan development fund corporation saskatchewan government growth fund management corporation saskatchewan opportunities corporation current crowns owned through other departments global transportation hub authority saskatchewan grain car corporation saskatchewan housing corporation saskatchewan liquor and gaming authority saskatchewan research council former crown corporations potash corporation of saskatchewan saskatchewan communications network scn saskatchewan government airways saskatchewan minerals saskatchewan mining development corporation saskatchewan oil & gas corporation saskatchewan potato utility development company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saskatchewan minerals & oldid 647234070 categories companies established in 1947former crown corporations of canadamining companies of canadacompanies based in saskatchewan1947 establishments in saskatchewan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 11 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view