Dead Sea Works

Dead Sea Works
Palestine Potash Ltd., 1945

The Dead Sea Works (Hebrew: מפעלי ים המלח‎, Mif'alei Yam HaMelakh) is an Israeli potash plant in Sdom, on the Dead Sea coast of Israel.

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History

The company was established in 1930 by Moshe Novomeysky. It was known then as the Palestine Potash Company. From 1936, it was a profitable enterprise despite attempts by the German potash cartel to strangle the business by dumping potash at below-cost prices.[1]

In the Israel War of Independence in 1948, the northern half of the production facilities was occupied by the Jordanian Legion, which destroyed the plant and looted the machinery.[2]

In 1951, the company was nationalized by the Israeli government under the Ministry of Development.[3] In 1953, it was renamed the Dead Sea Works.[4]

Today

An aerial view of the evaporation ponds operated by the Dead Sea Works

Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth largest producer and supplier of potash products.[5] The company also produces magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt, and raw materials for the cosmetic industry.[6] It has customers in over 60 countries. Dead Sea Works is part of the Fertilizers Division of Israel Chemicals Ltd.[7] It is located in the southern basin of the Dead Sea and the extracted chemicals are exported around the world.[8]

Rather than extracting potash and other minerals from the Dead Sea by mining them directly, the company makes use of the energy of the sun by innovating 2-meter deep evaporation ponds.[9] Nevertheless, Dead Sea Works has been blamed by conservationists for polluting the environment and contributing to the Dead Sea's slow demise.[10][11]

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Coordinates: 31°10′16″N 35°26′28″E / 31.1711091°N 35.4411287°E / 31.1711091; 35.4411287


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