Harkunas Lead Works, which is Israel’s secondary lead smelter, increased its output by an expansion project that nearly doubled its capacity to 25,000 tons per year. Harkunas imports most of its lead scrap material from Eastern Europe. Most of the plant’s exports are shipped to Greece, Italy, and Spain. Israel’s use of refined lead has increased from 11,000 to 14,000 tons in four years.
Magnesium
Dead Sea Magnesium Ltd. operates a magnesium refinery with a capacity of 34,000 tons. Salt water from the Dead Sea is used by Dead Sea Periclase Ltd. in the production of magnesia. Other magnesium products that are produced in Israel included magnesium chloride flakes and magnesium nitrate fertilize.
Steel
Yehuda Steel Ltd. operates rolling mills at Ashdod and Gedera, where it produces rebar rods. This company also produces crude steel. Israel imports nearly 1.42 million tons of semi manufactured, and finished, steel products.
Zinc
Numinor Chemical Industries Ltd. uses zinc scraps to produce refined zinc ingots, zinc powder, zinc oxide, and other materials containing zinc. The company exports its products to Africa, Asia, and Europe. It’s estimated that Israel’s consumption of refined zinc was 11,000 tons a year from 1999 to 2001.
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