Editing Dimona (section)

==Economy==
In the early 1980s, textile plants, such as Dimona Textiles Ltd., dominated the industrial landscape. Many plants have since closed. Dimona Silica Industries Ltd. manufactures precipitated silica and calcium carbonate fillers. About a third of the city's population works in industrial workplaces (chemical plants near the [[Dead Sea]] like the [[Dead Sea Works]], [[high-tech]] companies and [[textile]] shops), and another third in the area of services. Due to the introduction of new technologies, many workers have been made redundant in the recent years, creating a total unemployment rate of about 10%. Dimona has taken part of [[Solar power in Israel|Israel's solar transformation]]. The Rotem Industrial Complex outside of the city has dozens of solar mirrors that focus the sun's rays on a tower that in turn heats a water boiler to create steam, turning a turbine to create electricity. Luz II, Ltd. plans to use the solar array to test new technology for the three new solar plants to be built in California for [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]].<ref name=Dimona>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25124614 Calif. solar power test begins — in Israeli desert], [[Associated Press]], June 12, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2008.</ref><ref name=CA>[https://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1110252820080611 Israel site for California solar power test], Ari Rabinovitch, [[Reuters]], June 11, 2008.</ref>