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Premier Dead Sea logo. Dead Sea Premier Cosmetics Laboratories (Hebrew: פרמייר מעבדות ים המלח) is an Israeli cosmetics and skincare company that manufactures its products using mineral components extracted from the Dead Sea. It was founded in 1990 and is part of Hadan Group, which has been specializing in cosmetics since 1979.
Some consumers and human rights groups have endorsed boycotts of Dead Sea products and other materials made in or along the West Bank of the Dead Sea, [15] citing concerns such as blatant violation of human rights in Israel or of certain companies being "economically linked to Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories." [16] [17]
Israel has imported raw materials for its Dead Sea mud cosmetics from Jordan since 1994. [3] In 2009, Ahava took on new shareholder Shamrock Holdings, the investment company owned by Disney Family, which purchased 20% of Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories from its existing shareholders. [13] [14] The company has 200 employees, 180 of them in Israel. [14]
An aerial view of the evaporation ponds operated by the Dead Sea Works. Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth-largest producer and supplier of potash products. [6] The company also produces magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt, and raw materials for the cosmetic industry. [6] It has customers in over 60 countries.
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Mineral extraction in the Dead Sea. ICL Group Ltd. (Hebrew: איי.סי. אל. גרופ בע"מ) (formerly Israel Chemicals Ltd., ICL) [8] is a multi-national manufacturing concern that develops, produces and markets fertilizers, metals and other special-purpose chemical products.
The archaeologists are trying to preserve relics near a 5,000-year-old port which once was a key trade hub for the Mediterranean's ancient civilizations.