AMS Salt Industries, Inc. v. Magnesium Corp. of America

RUSSON, Justice:

AMS Salt Industries, Inc., formerly known as American Salt Company (“AMS”), appeals from a summary judgment entered against it in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

AMS operated a salt-production business along the shores of the Great Salt Lake in Tooele County. As part of that business, AMS would pump water from the Lake into ponds where the water would then evaporate to the point where the salt could be extracted, a process known as solar evaporation. Magnesium Corporation of America, formerly known as AMAX Magnesium Corporation (“Mag…