OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 10, 2014--
Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) has published its first-quarter 2014
highway deicing sales volume and regional weather data on its website at www.compassminerals.com/marketdata.
Compass Minerals’ highway deicing sales volume, which includes all
highway maintenance products sold in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., as
well as rock salt sold to the chemical industry, totaled approximately
4.7 million tons in the three months ended March 2014 compared with
4.4 million tons in the 2013 quarter and a 10-year average of 4.2
million tons.
Eleven representative cities in the company’s primary North American
highway deicing service area reported a total of 191 snow events during
the first quarter of 2014 compared to 108 events in the same cities in
the 2013 period according to the U.S. National Weather Service and
AccuWeather, Inc.
“The severe winter weather in North America fueled strong demand for all
deicing products and generated our best first-quarter highway deicing
sales volume since 2008,” said Compass Minerals CEO and president, Fran
Malecha. “Rock salt inventories have been depleted throughout the North
American regions we serve, so we expect highway deicing customers to
request increased volumes in the upcoming contract bid season.”
Conference Call to Discuss First-Quarter
Financial Results
The company will release its first-quarter 2014 financial results
Monday, April 28, after the markets close and will discuss its results
on a conference call Tuesday, April 29, at 9:00 a.m. ET.
To access the conference call, interested parties should visit the
company’s website at www.CompassMinerals.com
or dial (877) 614-0009. Callers must provide the conference ID number
3252180. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, callers may dial (913)
643-4075. An audio replay will be available on the company’s website for
two weeks or may be accessed by phone for seven days at (888) 203-1112,
conference ID 3252180. Outside of the U.S. and Canada, callers may dial
(719) 457-0820.
A summary of Compass Minerals’ performance will also be available on the
company’s website by 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 29, at www.CompassMinerals.com/Presentation.
About Compass Minerals
Compass Minerals is a leading provider of essential minerals that
address nature’s challenges, including salt for winter roadway safety
and other consumer, industrial and agricultural uses, and specialty
plant nutrition minerals that improve the quality and yield of crops.
The company produces its minerals at locations throughout the U.S. and
Canada and in the U.K. For more information about Compass Minerals and
its products, please visit www.compassminerals.com.
Source: Compass Minerals
Compass Minerals
Theresa Womble, 913-344-9362
Manager of
Investor Relations