Gold Egypt has an estimated million ounces of gold in the Eastern Desert The Sukari mine is the only commercial gold mine in operation in Egypt Tantalite Egypt has the fourth largest tantalite reserves in the world with an estimated 48 million tons Coal Egypt has an estimated 50 million tons of coal There are coal mines in El Maghara
·Phosphate rocks are mainly classified as i sedimentary phosphate deposits which represent about 75% of the world phosphate rock that exist in Egypt Jordan and the USA and ii igneous
·With focusing more light on the phosphate mining in Egypt it is found that about billion tons of sedimentary phosphorites assigned to the Upper Cretaceous age occur at three main localities a the Abu Tartur limestone plateau in the Western Desert b El Sebaiya area in the Upper Nile Valley and c along the Red Sea coast Elmaadawy et
6 ·localities of the Egyptian phosphate ores with focusing on water JES Vol 50 No 1 Pp 1 22 January 2022 DOI / Part D Mining Engineering 2 Phosphate ore processing techniques are depending on the type of phosphate minerals and Situation and Reserves of Nile Valley Phosphate ore
·These challenges exist throughout the phosphorus supply chain from mining of phosphate rock through fertilizer manufacture use and recycling of phosphorus rich wastes Several studies suggest that
·Phosphate Formation and in Western Desert as Phosphate Formation Awad and Ghobrial 1966 These beds rest with seeming conformity on the Nubia sandstones and are overlain by deeper water marls and chalks of the Dakhla Formation Fig 2 The mineralogy of the Egyptian phosphate deposits was studied by many
·The mining industries produce phosphate rock with 28 31% of P 2 O 5 content The phosphate ore is generally separated from the minerals of granges in different steps using several processes After mining the phosphate ore underwent a screening process on site to separate the phosphate rock from the bulky mine wastes on site sand
·The underground mining is either long wall or room and pillar mining methods Upgrading the phosphate rock is done through crushing screening attrition scrubbing desliming and drying
Although the subject of mining and its environmental impacts are very wide to be covered in this review concerns about the impact of phosphate mining and processing typically emphasis on its potential effects on water pollution air pollution and human health were accessed We reviewed published information at different stages of mining; current
·The main objective of this paper is to address the environmental issues that arise during the extraction of phosphate ore at Abu Tartour mining area Western desert Egypt Although the mine
Phosphate Mine Egypt Sameh S Ahmed rock creating new pathways for oxygen air and microbes to react with the rock Thus both underground workings and dry wet Drilling RG1
·This paper presents the environmental impacts caused by surface mining and the ecological rehabilitation of Haikou phosphate deposits Kunming China Surface mining entails the removal of the overburden to expose bare rock surfaces not only causing destruction of pre existing vegetation but also occupying large areas of land for dumping
·If so it is sensible to conclude about the existence of the combined mining and geoheritage resources in Egypt These resources are accessible particularly at the Kalabsha kaolin quarry Fig 2 the El Sebaiya phosphate mining site Fig 3 and the Medcom Aswan cement factory Fig 4 Exploitation
Arab J Geosci 2016 9 670 DOI /s12517 016 2698 x ORIGINAL PAPER An overview of phosphate rocks and their mining impact on groundwater Eastern Desert Egypt Mohamed Yousif 1 & Ondra Sracek 2 Received 20 July 2015 / Accepted 26 September 2016 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2016 Abstract The Eastern Desert of Egypt
·In such a situation Jhamarkotra plays an important role by contributing 98% of rock phosphate production of India Rock Phosphate mines at Jhamarkotra & Kanpur Group of Mines are complex deposits Mining these rock phosphate deposits is far more difficult than that in most parts of the world
·The United States Geological Survey 36 details the monopoly of global national rock phosphate reserve ownership and rock phosphate mine production Fig 2 The reserve quantity of the top holding
·Egyptian phosphate has a good signs in sales progress specially after local currency free floated this signs are clear when we look for the largest phosphate producer sales results ALNASR mining company signed long term contracts with phosphate agents like our company MCC to supply the global market with phosphate rock in different
Effects of phosphate mining activity on groundwater quality at Wadi Queh Red Sea Egypt production about 6 million t/y The present article covers different aspects of the Egyptian phosphate rocks The phosphate deposits in Egypt lie between latitudes 23ο 10 30ο 50΄ N whereas the payable zone lies between latitudes 24ο 30
· The Mine Abu Tartur phosphate mine is the largest phosphate mine in Egypt The mine located adjacent to Abu Tartur plateau some 50 Km to the west of El Kharga Oasis Western Desert of Egypt Figure 1 The estimated phosphate ore reserves in the area may reach up to billion tons An extensive geological drilling exploration
·Abu Tartur phosphate rock from Egypt Amine et al [25] for Moroccan phosphate ore Bandara and Senanayake [26 27] as well as Stone et al [28] for uorapatite from Australia Jin
Similar findings have been reported by many other studies [35] [36] [37] In contrast the available soil P from the KH 2 PO 4 source is released immediately once the KH 2 PO 4 is in contact with