Israeli official opposes extension to ICL's Dead Sea mining permit

Israel Chemicals' (ICL's) permit to mine in the Dead Sea should not be extended when it expires in 2030 but instead the rights should be put up for sale by tender, a senior Finance Ministry official recommended on Tuesday. "Holding a tender is the correct way to maximise the public's share of the Dead Sea's natural resources," Accountant-General Michal Abadi-Boiangiu wrote in a letter to the ministry's chief economist, who heads a committee that will decide on the fate of the Dead Sea rights.