Three main sites are promising for the phosphate mining, these are: 1) The Abu Tartour mine (with estimated reserves of 1 billion tons and up to 31% P 2 O 5); 2) The Sibaiya mine (with a reserve...
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FIGURE 2 SHARE OF WORLD PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCTION IN 2010 (COOPER ET AL., 2011) World Phosphate Rock Production Phosphate rock production began just before the middle of 19th century, rapidly increasing between 1950 and 1990, and playing an unappreciated but key role in the 'Green Revolution' in which agricultural yields were …
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The phosphorites of Egypt are mostly belonging to the Upper Cretaceous Duwi Formation. The economic phosphorite occurrences are restricted to the central facies belt, which is confined to the Red Sea coast (Safaga-Quseir), the Nile Valley (Idfu to Qena), and the Western Desert (Kharga–Dakhla oases) (Fig. 1).They occur mostly in the Upper …
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The name Duwi (phosphate) Formation was given by Youssef (), where the formation reaches maximum thickness (>70 m) in Gebel Duwi, W. Quseir and its minimum thickness (20 m) in Dakhla.However, Baioumy and Tada measured about 170 m thickness for Duwi (divided into three members) in the Red Sea region (Fig. 15.1) and the writer …
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2.1 phosphate Rock types applied in Egyptian Agricultural soils: Phosphate rock samples used in this study were collected from El Sebaiya (Nile Valley) 24 and 28 % P 2 O 5, Safaga (Red Sea, Hamraween) 27,29 and 30% P 2 O 5, Oroba 24% P 2 O 5 and Abu Tartur (Western Desert) 26% P 2 O 5 representing four different commercial phosphate belts ...
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In the Red Sea and Nile Valley areas, the shales are intercalated with 2–25-cm-thick beds of yellowish grey coarse-grained siliceous phosphatic sandstone, while …
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The phosphate deposits of Egypt are best developed in the Red Sea, Nile Valley and Kharga (El Shazly et al. 1979; Glenn et al. 1979). In the late Cretaceous times, the Red Sea region including the study area witnessed a particularly widespread transgression of the sea to the El Quseir area (Cherif 1975). Sediments belonging to this ...
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The phosphate company Misr Phosphate operates the Abu Tartour, the Sibaiya and the Red Sea mines, all of which host high grades. ... Egypt's phosphate-mining production in 2023 was 4.8 million ...
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The phosphate rock dissolution can be carried out through two main routes, namely partial acidulation and complete acidulation. Both …
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Researchers in Egypt have been interested in evaluating phosphate deposits from an economic point of view for the production of phosphoric acid and its derivatives, without addressing the phosphate content of these elements and their environmental and economic importance (El-Kammar et al. 1990; Abou El-Anwar et al. …
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The world annual phosphate production in 2012 is around 217 million tons, and the global reserves amount to 67 billion tons. With the population increase, researchers estimate that the existing phosphate reserves cover the world needs of phosphates for more than 100 years to come. ... Red Sea, Egypt Fathy A. Abdalla & Ibrahim H. Khalifa ...
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Test your knowledge about the important phosphate production areas in Egypt, including the Nile valley region, the Red Sea coast, and the western desert. Explore the geographical distribution of phosphate ore in these regions.
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Phosphate rock (PR) is considered the cheapest P fertilizer. Phosphate rock sources may be of igneous or sedimentary origin. In Egypt, the natural phosphate rock is located in Sebaiya (Nile Valley), Safaga (Red Sea), and Abu Tartur (Western Desert). The higher the organic matter contents in soil, the better dissolution of the PR.
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nutrients characterize the production of marine phosphates, which can be classified ... phosphate-bearing geographic regions in central Egypt (USGS 2022) 3.1. The Red Sea Coast between Safaga ...
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Three main phosphate ore mining zones can be differentiated in Egypt: (1) the area between El-Kharga and El-Dakhla Oases in the western desert, (2) the Nile …
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To study the impacts of phosphate mining activities on the groundwater quality in the area, three groundwater samples that represent all water wells in the area were collected and analysed for major ions and some heavy metals. ... {Effects of phosphate mining activity on groundwater quality at Wadi Queh, Red Sea, Egypt}, …
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Phosphate deposits in Egypt occur in the following three regions [1, 13]: - The Nile valley between Edfu and Qena (Sebaiya East and West). - The red sea areas (Safaga, El …
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Phosphate Discovery. Phosphate discover in Jordan dates back to 1908, at the same time as the construction of the Hejaz railway in Russaifa and al-Hassa. The first investments in Jordanian phosphate mines were made in 1935, in Russaifa area, and in 1942, the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company was established, but with the start of the …
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1. Introduction. Composition of the phosphate rocks mostly depends on their type and origin. About 90% rocks are used in the production of P-fertilizers and the remains 10% is used as a source of phosphorous for chemical and food industries [1].Phosphate resources are distributed, according to their type, approximately as …
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The phosphate production has increased substantially in Egypt during past two decades to make this country one of the world leading phosphate producers (Fig. 3). …
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world's phosphate production (about 6 million tons per year). Egypt phosphate rock reserves and resources The phosphate rocks in Egypt date back to the begin-ning of the last century, and their exploitation was initi-ated between 1908 and 1911 by foreign companies in regions along the Nile Valley and the Red Sea Coast and
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Nile Valley near Idfu and along the Red Sea between Safaga and Quesir. These deposits yield ore containing 90% phosphate and from 25 to 100 ppm uranium. A significant portion of uranium can be shown to have been secondarily adsorbed from groundwater (Dabous 2003). Within the last three decades, the Red Sea coast received a
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In Egypt, phosphate bearing strata of economic importance and associated shales of the Duwi Formation are stretching from the Red Sea Coast in Quseir over the …
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Summary factsheet of the phosphate production in Egypt. Cement is a vital material for the construction industry and the production of which requires extensive exploitation of specific limestone formations with the content of CaCO 3 of no less than 75% and low content of Mg compounds. Such formations crop out widely in Egypt, which …
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The world annual phosphate production in 2012 is around 217 million tons, and the global reserves amount to 67 billion tons. ... longitudinally from the Red Sea Coast to El Dakhla Oases ...
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phate reported that the phosphate production in Egypt. went up to 6.24 million ton in the years 2010, 2011, and. 2012 (Jasinski 2014). ... T able 3, it can be concluded that Red Sea phosphate.
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Average content of the transition metals in the Gebel Duwi Mine compared with other localities in Egypt. Red Sea∗, Nile Valley∗ Abu Tartur∗ and Sinai (El-Kammar and El-Kammar, 2002) [55] and ...
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SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Egypt has started the construction of a new 1m tonne/year petrochemical complex in Ain Sokhna, the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) said in a statement. Egypt Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on 5 June laid the foundation stone of the complex, which is estimated to cost around $7.5bn, SCZone …
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The city lay dormant until the establishment of the phos‐ phate company. 3.2. El‐Quseir and Phosphate Mining in the Red Sea Region The first phosphate mining explorations in Egypt were conducted by British geologist Hugh John Llewellyn 68 Beadnell in the Western Desert at the end of the 19th century (Al‐Alfy, 1946, p. 153).
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Production came from three mines: East Sebaya, West Sebaya and Red Sea. The phosphate was exported through two Red Sea ports. Then there's the Abu Tartour project, which is a saga in itself. Indeed, the Russians were interested in that, too. The production from Abu Tartour, 650km south of Cairo, has been a real on and off affair.
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The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources began expanding the research and exploration works for phosphate ore through the implementation of an urgent plan for exploration work on 450 square kilometers of Egypt's phosphate concession areas in the New Valley, Aswan, and the Red Sea governates, Al Ahram reported.. …
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Variable loads of heavy metals (e.g. Cr, V, As, Cd, and U) are detected in the Abu-Tartur phosphorite at average contents lower than its counterparts at the Nile Valley and Red Sea provinces as well as other parts of the North African phosphorites belt (e.g. Tunisia and Morocco) (Table 1).This is not considered to be a guarantee or …
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PDF | CONCENTRATION, DISTRIBUTION PATTERN AND ENRICHMENT OF BARIUM AND PHOSPHATE IN SHORE SEDIMENTS ALONG THE RED SEA COAST, EGYPT | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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The amenability of dolom itic phosphate ore from Red Sea areas to upgrading by reverse anionic flotation was studied by Bebawy and Yousef [41]. At the optimum conditions selected, a
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During its general assembly to review the results of financial year 2021, Misr Phosphate Company announced that production in 2021 reached about 2.7 million tons, an increase of 12.5% compared to 2020. Misr Phosphate Company Chairman Mohamed Abdel Azim stated that the company was established as an Egyptian joint-stock …
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A report in Egypt Today said that since 2015, Egypt's Industrial Development Authority had approved about 10 new projects in the field of phosphate fertilizers, with two already in production ...
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MCC mining offers FOB prices for bulk phosphate shipments, most of our phosphate exports shipped via red sea ports in Egypt like the following ports: HAMRAWEIN Port. ... Phosphate Prices. Egypt has taken important economic actions, Egypt floated its local curency this action made us able to offer the best prices in the global markets and ...
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Elemental sulphur addition The assays to produce phosphorous biofertilizers from phosphate rock (PR), applying sulphur at different rates Table 1 Reserves and annual production rates of phosphate ore in …
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