The Jordan Government is studying a project for exploitation of the waters of the Dead Sea which could adversely affect Israel’s potash works on the southern end of the sea, it was learned here today.
An American engineering company has designed a project whereby Jordan would pipe water from the Dead Sea to the town of Akaba, opposite Elath, and there extract valuable minerals from them. The $5,600,000 pipeline would eliminate overland shipment of chemicals from the northern end of the sea where the Israel Potash Company formerly had a plant. It is feared that removal of the water will lower the level of the sea and hurt Israeli production.
Meanwhile, it was announced here today that Israel’s chemical fertilizer industry has increased its exports to Mediterranean countries on the basis of a 10 percent rise in production. The Haifa Chemical Fertilizer Company, which is seeking additional capital to erect other chemical processing plants, reported that Italy is buying some 5, 000 tons of potassium phosphates. Two unnamed Mediterranean countries are negotiating for the purchase of 15, 000 tons of ammonium phosphates worth about $750, 000, it was stated.
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