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List Of Mines In Egypt
This list of mines in Egypt is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list. *Coal mines ** El Maghara mine *Gold mines ** Sukari mine *Phosphate mines ** Abu Tartur mine *Tantalum mines ** Abu Dabab mine ** El Nuweiba mine **Umm Naggat mine {{Egypt topics * Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ... Mines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mines
This lists of mines is a meta-list (list of lists) containing links to mine-related lists. By production * List of coal mines ** List of coal mines in Australia ***List of collieries in Newcastle (Australia) *** List of coal mines in Queensland ** List of coal mines in Canada *** List of coal mines and landmarks in the Nanaimo area ** List of coal mines in Japan ** List of coal mines in the United Kingdom *** List of collieries in Yorkshire (1984–2015) ** List of coal mines in the United States * List of copper mines **List of copper mines in Canada ** List of copper mines in the United States * List of diamond mines * List of gold mines ** List of gold mines in Australia *** List of active gold mines in Western Australia ** List of gold mines in Canada ** List of gold mines in Japan ** List of largest gold mines by production **List of gold mines in Tanzania **List of gold mines in the United States *** List of active gold mines in Nevada *** List of gold mines in Georgia *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact. The word ''quarry'' can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone. Types of rock Types of rock extracted from quarries include: *Chalk *China clay *Scoria, Cinder *Clay *Coal *Construction aggregate (sand and gravel) *Coquina *Diabase *Gabbro *Granite *Gritstone *Gypsum *Limestone *Marble *Ores *Phosphate rock *Quartz *Sandstone *Slate *Travertine Stone quarry Stone quarry is an outdated term for mining construction rocks (limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, etc.). There are open types (called quarries, or open-pit mines) and closed types (Mining, mines and caves). For thousands of years, only hand tools had been used in quarries. In the 18th century, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Maghara Mine
The El Maghara mine is an underground coal mine in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. Opened in 1964, the mine produces low-rank bituminous coal. Located about 250 km northeast of Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ..., it is the only coal mine in Egypt. Operations were approved to resume in 2014, with reserves estimated at 21 million tons of coal. The mine is run by the state-owned . References Coal mines in Egypt 1964 establishments in Egypt {{Mine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukari Mine
The Sukari mine or Alsukari mine (Arabic: السكري ''Al-Sukkari'', Egyptian pronunciation: ''El-Sokkari'') is a gold mine located in the Nubian Desert/Eastern Desert near the Red Sea in Egypt, in the south-east of the country in the Red Sea Governorate, 30 km south of Marsa Alam. It is exploited jointly by the Egyptian Ministry of Mineral Resources and Centamin. It is Egypt's first modern gold mine, an industry considered to have scope for expansion in the country. Egypt was known in the ancient world as being a source of gold, and one of the earliest available maps shows a gold mine at this location. It is a combination of an open-pit mine and an underground mine, with estimated reserves of 15.4 million ounces of gold. The site is supplied by a 30 km long pipeline bringing water from the Red Sea. History The $265-million project began gold production in 2009 with 850 workers. The initial yield was 2 g/t, with future yields expected to rise to between 5 g/t and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Tartur Mine
The Abu Tartur mine is a large proposed mine located in New Valley Governorate. Abu Tartur represents one of the largest phosphates reserve in Egypt having estimated reserves of 980 million tonnes of ore grading 30% P2O5. As of 2019, the Egyptian minister Tarek El-Molla signed agreements with China State Construction Engineering and the Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ... state-owned phosphate producer the ''Wengfu Group'' to develop the mine. References {{reflist Phosphate mines in Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dabab Mine
The Abu Dabab mine is a large proposed mine located in the eastern part of Egypt in Red Sea Governorate. Abu Dabab represents one of the largest tantalum reserves in Egypt having estimated reserves of 39.9 million tonnes of ore grading 0.025% tantalum. In 2002, the mine was to be developed by ''Tantalum International Ltd.'', a 50-50 joint venture between Australia-based company Gippsland and the Egyptian state owned ''Egyptian Company for Mineral Resources'' into the world's largest tantalum mine. However, the project was halted in 2015 and the company's exploration license was revoked. In 2019, Gippsland (which had rebranded as the Esports company ''Emerge Gaming Ltd.'') sued the Egyptian government in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. The parties settled A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Nuweiba Mine
The El Nuweiba mine is a large mine located in the northern part of Egypt in South Sinai Governorate. El Nuweiba represents one of the largest tantalum reserves in Egypt having estimated reserves of 114.7 million tonnes of ore grading 0.016% tantalum Tantalum is a chemical element with the symbol Ta and atomic number 73. Previously known as ''tantalium'', it is named after Tantalus, a villain in Greek mythology. Tantalum is a very hard, ductile, lustrous, blue-gray transition metal that is .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:El Nuweiba Mine Tantalum mines in Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Naggat Mine
The Umm Naggat mine is a large mine located in the northern part of Egypt in South Sinai Governorate. Umm Naggat represents one of the largest tantalum reserves in Egypt having estimated reserves of 25 million tonnes of ore grading 0.015% tantalum. References Tantalum mines in Egypt {{Mining-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mines In Egypt
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun Military * Anti-tank mine, a land mine made for use against armored vehicles * Antipersonnel mine, a land mine targeting people walking around, either with explosives or poison gas * Bangalore mine, colloquial name for the Bangalore torpedo, a man-portable explosive device for clearing a path through wire obstacles and land mines * Cluster bomb, an aerial bomb which releases many small submunitions, which often act as mines * Land mine, explosive mines placed under or on the ground * Mining (military), digging under a fortified military position to penetrate its defenses * Naval mine, or sea mine, a mine at sea, either floating or on the sea bed, often dropped via parachute from aircraft, or otherwise lain by surface ships or submarines * Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Mines By Country
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