Construction of Sealing Wall at Arab Potash Company

Completion of the construction of approximately 112 000 m2 of cut-off wall over a length of 4.2 km on a dyke surrounding an earth basin used by the Arab Potash Company for carnallite production.

Potash salt is obtained in several earth basins with an area of 112 km2 at the southern end of the Dead Sea in Jordan, in which the pumped salt water evaporates and the potash salt is left behind. The basins are located around 400 m below mean sea level and therefore at the lowest point on earth (above water). However, the dykes that surround the basins were becoming porous over time and needed to be repaired.