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A view of the Dead Sea Works on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 10:36 pm
After a decade of work, government publishes bill delineating future use of ailing Dead Sea
Environmental groups say Finance Ministry bill to regulate lake’s industrial use from 2030 is geared to profits, misses rare opportunity to restore ever-shrinking natural resource
By Sue Surkes
The Dead Sea Works at the Dead Sea, southern Israel, March 21, 2023. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 6, 2025, 11:46 pm
ICL shares plummet as miner agrees to smaller payout for giving up Dead Sea rights
Israel Corporation subsidiary had sought $6 billion to concede right of first refusal on 2030 mineral lease, but settles for $2.5 billion and refund on investment for salt buildup fix
By Sue Surkes
A Bedouin village in the area of Sadeh Barir. (Gil Sofer)
September 7, 2025, 10:45 pm
Ministers approve Negev phosphate mine, but accept conditions that could stop it opening
Prime Minister’s Office proposal to fast-track mine close to southern city of Arad now contingent upon health and environmental impact surveys, plan to relocate Bedouin
By Sue Surkes
A Bedouin village in the area of Sadeh Barir. (Gil Sofer)
August 20, 2025, 2:01 am
Divisive plan to mine phosphates in populated Negev area back on government agenda
Ministers to discuss PMO proposal to fast-track ICL company bid for new mine close to city of Arad that would require evacuating thousands of Bedouin
By Sue Surkes
View of salt formations on the Dead Sea shore on April 28, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
November 28, 2024, 10:44 pm
State should include stricter requirements in new tender to mine Dead Sea — lawyers
Responding to draft tender, Adam Teva V’Din says Dead Sea Works must pay for environmental damage, state needs to reserve a percentage of profits to stop sea’s decline
By Sue Surkes
Aerial view of hotel complexes in Ein Bokek, at the Dead Sea, in March 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 17, 2024, 10:50 am
Government proposes more taxes, stricter regulations for Dead Sea mineral extraction
Ministries of finance and environment, Tax Authority release for public comment draft franchise for Dead Sea Works, whose current franchise runs out in 2030
By Sue Surkes
Plans envisage waterways flowing through neighborhoods in a rehabilitated Haifa Bay in northern Israel. (Yaar Architects/Israel Lands Authority)
May 24, 2024, 11:26 am
Inside the plan to turn Haifa’s befouled bay into a livable urban hub rivaling Tel Aviv
The Gateway to the Bay project will replace polluting factories and oil storage tanks with 130,000 new homes, walkable streets, beaches, parkland, canals and clean, green jobs
By Sue Surkes
Sunset over the Dead Sea coast as seen from the Ein Bokek beach, January 19, 2024. (RnDmS / Shutterstock.com)
March 18, 2024, 10:35 pm
Government preps new Dead Sea minerals tender, with lake’s endangered future in focus
With current mineral extraction concession ending in 2030, official says new tender to go out next year, as area around salty water body continues to degrade
By Sue Surkes
Polluted water coming from the ICL Rotem (formerly Rotem Amfert Negev Ltd) phosphate mining complex, December 21, 2023. (Eastern Negev Unit for Environmental Quality)
December 22, 2023, 12:44 pm
Toxic liquids flow yet again from phosphate mining company in Negev
Initial inquiries into pea-green water indicate rainwater mixed with heaps of phosphogypsum, a radioactive byproduct of the fertilizer-producing concern, ICL Rotem
By Sue Surkes
A view of the Dead Sea Works in southern Israel on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
May 30, 2023, 4:23 pm
State told to explain why it slashed NIS 65 million from Dead Sea Works water bill
High Court order represents latest stage in battle by nonprofits to get Idan Ofer’s mineral extraction company to pay for the water it uses
By Sue Surkes
The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on June 30, 2017, after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)
December 15, 2022, 10:57 am
Fertilizer giant to pay NIS 110 million compensation for polluting Negev stream
Rotem Amfert Negev reaches agreement for record payout in class action suit headed by Parks Authority over massive leak that ravaged Nahal Ashalim in 2017
By ToI Staff
A view of the Dead Sea Works on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
September 9, 2022, 9:47 am
NGO petitions High Court to force Dead Sea Works to pay water bill in full
State wiped NIS 65 million off an NIS 83.5 million water bill in October, after mineral extraction company argued payments were included in royalties
By Sue Surkes
A danger of drowning sign on the way to the Dead Sea Works from where the sea has long since receded, January 20, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
June 22, 2022, 10:52 pm
Israel has a chance to slow the Dead Sea’s demise. Will big business get in the way?
With regional politics holding back release of any more water from Sea of Galilee, green groups hope that a revamped mining concession will protect the lake’s future
By Sue Surkes
View of salt formations on the Dead Sea shore, October 30, 2021.(Mila Aviv/Flash90)
June 20, 2022, 4:49 pm
Authorities urged to act immediately to stabilize Dead Sea levels
In draft policy paper, Environment Ministry proposes limiting industrial pumping and charging for it, seeking regional deal to allow more water for Jordan River
By Sue Surkes
Young visitors enjoy clambering over an old engine at ICL's new Moshe Novomieski Visitors and Heritage Center at Sdom, southern Dead Sea, on January 20, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 18, 2022, 8:06 am
At Dead Sea museum, chemical firm evokes past pioneers as it bids to keep mining
With movies and virtual reality, guided tour through reconstructed huts combines Zionist history with ICL’s push for renewal of mineral extraction license
By Sue Surkes
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