El Maghara mine explained
| El Maghara mine |
| Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
| Subdivision Type: | Governate |
| State/Province: | North Sinai |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Products: | Coal |
| Opening Year: | 1964 |
| Owner: | Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources |
The El Maghara mine is an underground coal mine in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.[1] Opened in 1964, the mine produces low-rank bituminous coal.[2] Located about 250 km northeast of Cairo, it is the only coal mine in Egypt.[3] Operations were approved to resume in 2014, with reserves estimated at 21 million tons of coal.[4]
The mine is run by the state-owned .
Notes and References
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- Book: Seifelnassr, A.A.S. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5smDPzkw0wEC&pg=PA209 . Wetting properties of an Egyptian coal and their relation to its flotation behaviour . Changing Scopes in Mineral Processing: Proceedings of the 6th international symposium . M. . Kemal . V. . Arslan . M. . Canbazoglu . CRC Press . 1996 . 9789054108290 . 209.
- Radiological study of exposure levels in El Maghara underground coal mine . Amer . HA . Shawky . S . Hussein . MI . Abd el-Hady . ML . Journal of Environmental Monitoring . 4 . 4 . 12196005 . 583–587. 2002 . 10.1039/b202693g .
- Web site: Government approves operation of El Maghara coal mine: official . Cairo Post . 2014-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171017210125/http://thecairopost.youm7.com/news/110351/business/government-approves-operation-of-el-maghara-coal-mine-official . 2017-10-17 . dead . 2022-07-23.
