Dead Sea Works

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.

On January 1, 1930, the "Concession for the extraction of salts and minerals in the Dead Sea" was granted to Palestine Potash Limited by the governments of Palestine and Transjordan jointly.

[3] In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the northern half of the production facilities was occupied by the Jordanian Legion, which was destroyed in the ensuing fighting.

[5] Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth-largest producer and supplier of potash products.

Dead Sea Works is part of the Fertilizers Division of Israel Chemicals Ltd.[5] It is located in the southern basin of the Dead Sea and the extracted chemicals are exported around the world.

Palestine Potash Ltd., 1945
An aerial view of the evaporation ponds operated by the Dead Sea Works
Part of the Dead Sea Works.