Company said examining alternatives for disposal of mineral extraction byproduct as state’s Geological Survey pins hopes on developing beauty spot for new tourism plan

By SUE SURKES  21 June 2024

……. Last month, Prof. Zohar Gvirtzman, head of the state’s Israel Geological Survey,  told a conference at the Dead Sea that piling salt at Tzeelim Bay would create a salt mountain in six years that would be not only visible from Masada — an ancient mountaintop fortification of great symbolic importance to Jews — but would be as tall…..

full report: https://www.timesofisrael.com/geologists-press-dead-sea-works-to-prevent-creation-of-salt-mountain-as-tall-as-masada/