can salt from drohobych cover the demand of ukrainians?ur kateryna oliynyk, a technologist, oksana bunda, measures the level of brine, which will then turn into salt. a woman has been working at the drohobytsk saltworks for the 42nd year . her colleagues call her the real salt queen . i really like this factory because it is the oldest in ukraine and it produces very good products, it is salt that is needed every day . even that physics and chemical balance in order to extract as much brine as it comes and to select it. the drohobytsky salt boiling plant has been operating continuously since 1390. there is one mine on the territory with which up to 55 m³ of salt solution is extracted daily. the liquid is turned into salt using a special technology that has been preserved since the 13th century, we use firewood as fuel , we heat the brine, the water evaporates, and this is the process of crystallization of the salt, then when it has already crystallized in us, we then rake it, pack it in bags, and then transport it to a centrifuge and so on