Today, iron ore, phosphate and salt are the most important mining products
of Egypt after oil and gas. Until the 1970s the iron of the oolitic haematites
in the sandstone layers of the Nubian Series at Aswan were transported by
ship and rail to the furnaces at Helwan. Gradually they were replaced by the
limonitic haematites from the oasis of El-Bahariya, which is situated closer to
Helwan. The iron ore mined there is also of higher Fe content. In 2000/01
Managem in El-Bahariya produced 3.226 million tons of iron ore of a 50
per cent Fe content (CAPMAS 2002: 85). This does not meet the country’s
demand, however. So there are plans to exploit the newly found deposits
near Aswan.
of Egypt after oil and gas. Until the 1970s the iron of the oolitic haematites
in the sandstone layers of the Nubian Series at Aswan were transported by
ship and rail to the furnaces at Helwan. Gradually they were replaced by the
limonitic haematites from the oasis of El-Bahariya, which is situated closer to
Helwan. The iron ore mined there is also of higher Fe content. In 2000/01
Managem in El-Bahariya produced 3.226 million tons of iron ore of a 50
per cent Fe content (CAPMAS 2002: 85). This does not meet the country’s
demand, however. So there are plans to exploit the newly found deposits
near Aswan.
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