Sodom Dead Sea Factory, Industrial mineral extraction facility in Sodom, Israel

The Sodom Dead Sea Factory is a mineral extraction facility at the southern end of the Dead Sea that uses evaporation ponds to separate minerals from seawater. The operation produces potassium chloride, bromine, and magnesium chloride through processing of carnallite harvested from the ponds.

Moshe Novomeysky founded the first industrial mineral extraction operation in this region in 1934 through the Palestine Potash Company. This development launched systematic use of the Dead Sea's mineral wealth for commercial production.

The camp drew Jews from the HaKibbutz HaMeuhad labour brigade, and their number rose from 30 in 1934 to about 650 in 1938, roughly 380 of them brigade members. A shared kitchen and equal pay for workers, clerks and managers were introduced, and a company ban on women's work was lifted, bringing some 100 women. Arab workers, many from Transjordan, lived in a separate camp about a kilometre away.

Visitors should prepare for extreme heat, as summer temperatures exceed 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) with high humidity levels. The site is located in a remote area at the edge of the Dead Sea, so advance planning is important.

In 1940 about 300 people lived on the factory grounds, including 40 women and 20 children, and until Revivim was founded in 1943 it was the southernmost place where Jews lived permanently in Mandatory Palestine. The workers' camp is a recognised heritage site, and since 2020 part of the factory has been restored as a visitors' centre for the Dead Sea Works.