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Bromine (Dead Sea, ICL)
Sedom, Israel31.03°N 35.39°E
computed criticality17/100
reading
≈735 kt/yr; top 4 >80% of capacity (2024)
2024Fault line
Extracted from highly concentrated brines, bromine is essential to flame retardants, drilling fluids and some pharmaceuticals. Four players, including ICL on the Dead Sea and China, hold over 80% of world capacity; a regional shock in the Levant would weigh on a whole specialty-chemicals base.
Actors
ICL Group
Albemarle
Jordan Bromine
Lanxess
Sources
ChemAnalyst, 2024 ↗estimate