Producer
ICL Group Ltd.
Israeli specialty mineral company; ~25% of global food phosphate market per input description; 15-18% of total global STPP market. ICL Food Specialties (subsidiary) is a leading food phosphate supplier: STPP, SHMP, SAPP, and other sodium phosphates for water binding, texture, and moisture retention in processed meat. Also: world's largest bromine producer (Dead Sea), potash producer (Dead Sea Works), and specialty fertilizer company. ICL has a unique triple position in critical minerals: food phosphates, potash fertilizers, and bromine for flame retardants/pharmaceuticals. Lawrence, KS plant serves the North American processed meat industry.
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Goods downstream
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What they make
10 inputs ICL Group Ltd. supplies
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chemical
TBBPA (Tetrabromobisphenol A) Flame Retardant →
chemical
Elemental Bromine (Industrial) →
chemical
Sodium Phosphate / STPP (Water Binder & Texture) →
chemical
Fluosilicic Acid (H2SiF6) for Municipal Water Fluoridation →
chemical
Battery-Grade Phosphoric Acid (LFP Cathode Precursor) →
mineral
Potash (Muriate of Potash, MOP — KCl) →
chemical
Phosphorus Trichloride (PCl3) Synthesis Precursor →
mineral
Potash (Muriate of Potash / KCl) →
mineral
Potash Ore — Muriate of Potash (MOP / KCl) →
mineral
Yellow Phosphorus (P4) — Organophosphate Feedstock →
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Goods downstream
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Where they make it
6 facilities
ICL Dead Sea Bromine — Sodom (Sdom) Plant →
ILSouthern District, Israel · extraction_and_processing
ICL's primary bromine extraction and conversion facility at Sodom (Sdom), southern Israel, on the southwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea Bromine Co. (DSBC) subsidiary extracts brine from the Dead Sea's 150 km² southern evaporation basin. Bromine is extracted via chlorination of the hypersaline brine (Dead Sea salinity ~34% vs. ~3.5% ocean). The facility produces elemental bromine plus downstream: tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA for PCBs), clear brine fluids for oil well completion, hydrogen bromide gas (semiconductor-grade HBr for chip fab etching), and flame retardants. Capacity ~280,000 t/yr; actual production ~173,000-180,000 t/yr. Located within 35 km of Dimona nuclear facility and Arad city. Export routes: overland to Haifa (Mediterranean) or Ashdod ports. The entire Israeli bromine extraction and HBr gas conversion infrastructure is co-located at this single Negev Desert site.
ICL Dead Sea Works — Sodom, Israel →
ILNegev / Dead Sea · mining
World's only hypersaline lake potash extraction at industrial scale via solar evaporation alongside Arab Potash across the Dead Sea. Israel's largest exporter. Also the world's largest source of bromine — a separate critical mineral extracted from the same Dead Sea brine. The Dead Sea shoreline retreats ~1 meter/year; southern basin (where both DSW and APC operate) is now mostly artificial ponds. ICL and Arab Potash together risk exhausting the viable southern basin brine over decades.
ICL Food Specialties — Lawrence, Kansas →
USKansas · chemical-plant
Primary ICL food phosphate plant for North American processed meat industry. Produces STPP, SHMP, SAPP, and specialty phosphate blends for water binding and texture in cured and emulsified meat products. Lawrence KS is home to the University of Kansas and ICL's major US phosphate operation.
ICL Group -- White Springs, Florida (CF Industries / Hamilton) →
USWhite Springs, Hamilton County, Florida, USA · mining_and_processing
ICL phosphate mining and phosphoric acid production in Hamilton County, Florida (part of Florida phosphate district). Produces fluosilicic acid as mandatory byproduct from wet-process H3PO4 production. Florida phosphate district (Hamilton, Polk, Hillsborough, Manatee counties) produces ~75% of US phosphate and the associated H2SiF6 byproduct.
ICL Group Ludwigshafen Phosphorus Chemicals Plant →
DERhineland-Palatinate · manufacturing
ICL Group's European specialty phosphorus chemicals facility at Ludwigshafen, Germany — adjacent to the BASF Verbund complex. Produces phosphate esters, flame retardants, and phosphorus intermediates. ICL Ludwigshafen (formerly Albright & Wilson Germany) is a legacy phosphorus chemistry site with decades of continuous operation. Source: ICL Group Annual Report 2023.
ICL Rotem Negev Desert Phosphate Complex →
ILNegev Desert · mining
ICL Rotem (formerly Rotem Amfert Negev) phosphate rock mining and wet-process phosphoric acid production complex in the Negev Desert. Phosphate rock from open-pit mines at Oron and Zin deposits. Phosphoric acid produced by wet-process (sulfuric acid digestion — NOT thermal P4 route). Produces merchant-grade phosphoric acid (MGA 54% P2O5) and phosphate fertilizers. ICL Rotem historically 3-4 million tonnes/year phosphate rock concentrate output — one of the largest single-site phosphate operations in the Middle East. Proximity to Haifa port (via rail/truck) for export. Source: https://www.icl-group.com
What else they do
Business segments
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Potash (Dead Sea Works)
30%Phosphate Solutions (Food & Industrial)
25%Bromine (Dead Sea Bromine Group)
20%Specialty Fertilizers
15%Phosphate Mining (Israel, Ethiopia)
10%
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Did you know2024
ICL Dead Sea Works extracts potash from Dead Sea brine using solar evaporation ponds — and in the same operation, the concentrated brine also yields bromine, of which the Dead Sea is the world's richest source. ICL is the world's largest bromine producer. Bromine is a critical material for flame retardants (in electronics), biocides (water treatment, oil & gas), and pharmaceutical intermediates. The same facility on the Dead Sea shoreline simultaneously produces a primary fertilizer input (potash) and a critical electronics/safety material (bromine). ICL's bromine operations are a separate multi-billion-dollar business from the same brine extraction process.
ICL Group Ltd. ↗Note2024
Dead Sea Works (ICL) extracts potash from evaporation ponds covering the southern Dead Sea — but the Dead Sea water level is declining at ~1 meter per year due to water diversion upstream. If the Dead Sea dries sufficiently, the brine concentration methods used for potash extraction become infeasible. ICL's Dead Sea operation — 7% of global potash supply — has a geological/environmental sunset built into it. ICL has been investing in conventional mining in Iberia (Spain) as a hedge.
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