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

Coalition will monitor Dead Sea mining franchise renewal, push government to release more water into Jordan River from Sea of Galilee

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

Environmental advocacy organization Adam Teva V'Din calls on Justice Ministry to change decision to exempt Dead Sea Works from NIS 65 million water bills

In draft policy paper, Environment Ministry proposes limiting industrial pumping and charging for it, seeking regional deal to allow more water for Jordan River

Nature and Parks Authority says leak from supply canal caused salination of soil; plants dying as a result of the leak, some of them protected species; ICL says working to fix it

With movies and virtual reality, guided tour through reconstructed huts combines Zionist history with ICL's push for renewal of mineral extraction license

Rotem Amfert and parent company the ICL Group guarantee to clean up decades of waste caused by phosphorus mining, rehabilitate soil and water

ToI editor David Horovitz and Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman discuss efforts to rein in Arab homicides, plus the Dead Sea and Spencer Tunick's photoshoot there

Justice Ministry reportedly backtracks from demand that the Idan Ofer-controlled Dead Sea Works factory pay for salt water pumped from the receding lake