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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

Israel Chemicals

One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 1, 2018, 4:09 pm
Israel Chemicals reports jump in profit
Globes: The fertilizer and chemicals manufacturer reported a 77% jump in Q2 profit, boosted by a rise in potash prices and lower tax expenses
A dead ibex found near the Ashalim stream after a massive acid waste spill on June 30, 2017. (Mark Katz/Nature and Parks Authority)
July 16, 2017, 5:42 pm
Dead Sea acid spill has turned popular hike route into long-term disaster zone
Despite ongoing 24-hour-a-day cleanup, the Arava’s Ashalim stream will take years to rehabilitate after toxic sludge deluge
By Melanie Lidman
A dead ibex found in Nahal Ashalim on July 15, 2017. (Nature and Parks Authority)
July 15, 2017, 7:02 pm
2 more rare ibexes found dead after massive acid spill
Nature Authority says 8 of the 26 creatures living in the Judean desert have died since spill two weeks ago into Nahal Ashalim
By ToI Staff
The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on June 30, 2017, after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)
July 2, 2017, 2:11 pm
Ministry considers criminal probe over Negev acid waste spill
Parks authority ecologist warns it could take weeks before Nahal Ashalim is safe for visitors, years to fully rehabilitate wildlife
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
The muddy Ashalim stream flowing on June 30, 2017, after acidic water leaked from a fertilizer plant nearby. (Environment Protection Ministry)
June 30, 2017, 11:13 pm
Acid leak threatens plants, wildlife in Judean Desert
Israel Nature and Parks Authority closes nature reserve, tells hikers to stay away; ‘contamination will take years to clear,’ says official
By ToI Staff
Israel Chemicals' Dead Sea Works, the world's fourth largest producer and supplier of potash products. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 10, 2016, 3:37 pm
Israel Chemicals to pay 230 million shekels in extra royalties
Globes: Israel has won the arbitration process against Israel Chemicals regarding royalties on minerals produced by its Dead Sea Works unit; the arbitrator has ordered the chemicals manufacturer pay 230 million shekels in added royalties
One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 17, 2016, 12:11 pm
Israel Chemicals cuts costs on weak potash market, to pay dividend
Reuters: A weak potash market is prompting ICL to cut $50 million more in costs
Eitan Idan, an Israeli Himalayan snowstorm survivors, talks to compatriots after his discharge from a hospital before heading to the airport in Kathmandu on October 18, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Prakash MATHEMA)
October 21, 2014, 3:32 pm
Things we lost
Chances at peace, hiking friends, factory jobs, tax monies and cheaper milk are all gone, an angry and sad press reports
By Joshua Davidovich
One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
From the WebMay 18, 2014, 2:53 pm
Israel panel recommends ‘windfall tax’ on natural resources
Businessweek: Israel Chemicals is seen as the company most affected by the 42% surcharge the government seeks under the measure
From the WebDecember 26, 2013, 4:04 pm
Israel Chemicals buys $52m stake in Fosbrasil
Reuters: Fosbrasil SA, based in Cajati, Brazil is a purified phosphoric acid producer
One of phosphate plants. (Shay Levy/Flash90)
From the WebMay 28, 2013, 2:25 pm
Israel Chemicals calls government policies bad for investment
BusinessWeek: Takeover target for Canadian potash company says uncertainty risks driving away foreign money
Nighttime view of an offshore mining facility ( Photo credit: Shay Levy/ Flash90)
From the WebApril 10, 2013, 10:09 pm
ICL warns Israel phosphate reserves drying up
Reuters: Israel Chemicals’ new chief executive Stefan Borgas calls on the government to grant the company licenses to mine at a new site in the southern Negev desert
ICL's Dead Sea Works. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 31, 2013, 2:59 am
Emotions run high over Canadian bid to buy Dead Sea potash plant
The proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to PotashCorp has rankled workers, and even the finance minister has called it ‘un-Zionist’
By Arno Rosenfeld
A mountain of potash at the Dead Sea Works (Photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
From the WebMarch 1, 2013, 5:14 pm
Potash says it’s still trying to make Israel Chemicals deal work
Businessweek: The Israeli government has been reluctant to hand over control of ICL to a Canadian company, but a deal is still possible
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