Court orders emptying of NH3 tanks

A Haifa Municipal Court has ordered Haifa Chemicals to empty the 12,000 mt ammonia storage facility within 10 days. This will have an impact on Haifa Chemicals and Israel Chemicals Ltd. However, it is still unclear if the company will be able to do so. In a related development there are reports that the Israeli government is discussing with the owners of Haifa about the setting up of a joint Israeli-Jordanian storage facility as a short term solution to the problem until a production plant is built.