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Geochemistry and microprobe investigations of Abu Tartur REE …

The Maghrabi-Liffiya phosphorite sector is considered as the most important phosphorite deposits in the Abu Tartur area due to its large reserve thickness and high-grade …

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The potential production of rock-based fertilizer and soil …

The Abu-Tartur plateau, study area, is considered to be an important phosphate mining site that contains two thirds of the total phosphate reserve of Egypt estimated at 1billion tons and distributed through 112 km 2 of the total plateau area 1200 km 2 (Baioumy, 2002). The mine wastes are represented by phosphate rejects along with rock ...

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Recovery of Uranium and Rare Earth Elements from Western …

Egypt) is one of the largest phosphate deposits in the world. It is geomorphologically localized in the southeastern portion of the Abu-Tartur plateau (600 km from Cairo) and is the largest source of uranium and rare earth elements (REEs) in Egypt [1]. Abu-Tartur plateau has a huge reserve of phosphate ore reaching up to billion tons [2].

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Phosphate Mining Wastes at Abu Tartur Mine Area, Western …

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 …

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Geochemical significance for the composition and depositional

The phosphorite-bearing Formation (Duwi Formation) in the Abu-Tartur area subdivided by Banerjee et al. (2020) into three Members from the base to top into the Lower, …

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Geochemistry and microprobe investigations of Abu Tartur REE …

Abu Tartur phosphorites are considered as highest-grade in Egypt (attain average of 25 wt.% P 2 O 5) and considered as one of the most important factors in development in Abu Tartur area.Preliminary exploration of the mining area (about 108 km 2) led to an estimation of 987 million tons as economic reserve with an average of P 2 O 5 content not less than 25 wt.%.

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Upgrading of Abu-Tartur calcareous phosphate via selective leaching by organic acids A.R. Bakry. 1,N.A. Abdelfattah, A.B. Farag ... considering the total reserves of phosphate ores in the world which attain about 100 billion tons. The ... The beneficiation of phosphate rock can be simplified by the following general equations: MCO. 3(s) + 2HY ...

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Direct leaching of rare earth elements and uranium from phosphate …

First successful lab scale experiments with a selected leaching reagent and phosphate rock from the Abu Tartur mine in Egypt are presented and discussed. Export citation and abstract ... Cooper J, Lombardi R, Boardman D and Carliell-Marquet C 2011 The future distribution and production of global phosphate rock reserves Resour. Conserv. Recycl ...

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Mineral Resources in Egypt (II): Non-metallic Ore Deposits

The proved huge geological reserves ... The fifth domain represents the near surface medium grade phosphate rock in the Dakhla Oasis, from Asmant village to north Mawhoob. The average thickness varies between 1.5 and 3 m. ... (e.g., the lowest phosphate bed in Abu Tartur) accumulates the least U and highest Th and REE (Hassan and El-Kammar 1975 ...

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Mining and industrial processing wastes of phosphate rocks in …

The leaching of rare earth elements (REEs) from Egyptian Abu Tartur phosphate rock using phosphoric acid has been examined and was subsequently optimized to better understand if such an approach ...

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Abu Tartour phosphate mine has an infinite reserve of high-quality phosphate ore that is already being exported to the whole world. The site is equipped with all infrastructure and facilities ready for any world-class project(s). All the licenses …

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PHOSPHATE ORE DEPOSITS IN EGYPT | PPT

2. Outline of Lecture 7: Egyptian Phosphate Ore Deposits: Red Sea Coast Phosphate Deposits Nile Valley Phosphate Deposits Characteristics of the phosphate producing facies area Phosphate Microfacies Mineralogical composition Geochemistry Genetical Model 2Egyptian Ore Deposits

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The potential production of rock-based fertilizer and soil …

Rock-based fertilizer and soil conditioner can be obtained from the Abu-Tartur mining wastes. The current phosphate mine wastes at El-Liffiya-Maghrabi sector, Abu-Tartur …

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Abu-Tartour Mine (Abu-Tartur Mine), New Valley Governorate, Egypt

A phosphate mine located in the Western desert of Egypt, about 60 km from El-Kharga City, and 10 km from the main road going between El-Kharga and El-Dakhlah. Abu Tartur represents one of the largest phosphates reserves in Egypt having estimated reserves of 980 million tonnes of ore grading 30% P2O5.

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Phosphate Mining Wastes at Abu Tartur Mine Area, Western …

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

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The Phosphate Mining in Egypt: Geology and Sustainable …

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 …

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Recovery of lanthanides from Abu Tartur phosphate rock, Egypt

The phosphate rock contains trace amounts of uranium and lanthanides. When treating this rock with H2SO4 produces phosphoric acid together with 5 times of its quantity of phosphogypsum (PG)…

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Importance of phosphate pock application for …

The reserves of phosphate rock from the Red Sea area are nearly exhausted. ... The results indicated that heavy metal content was low in Abu Tartur phosphate compared to imported rock and was below the permissible …

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Innovations in beneficiation technology for low grade phosphate …

As high grade deposits of phosphate rock are being depleted day by day in the world, future sources will be derived from low grade rocks containing various impurities. Low grade phosphate rocks are not suitable for direct use in acidulation plants unless their tricalcium phosphate (TCP) content is increased to 70% or more, using conventional methods such as …

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X-ray diffraction pattern of Abu Tartur phosphate rock

The leaching of rare earth elements (REEs) from Egyptian Abu Tartur phosphate rock using phosphoric acid has been examined and was subsequently optimized to better understand if such an approach ...

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Dissolution Kinetics of Western Deseret Phosphate Rocks, …

The dissolution kinetics of the Abu-Tartur phosphate rock using dilute ... The total phosphate reserves in Egypt are estimated to exceed 3 billion tons, Notholt, (1985).Abu Tartur phosphate ...

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Sedimentological and technological studies of Abu Tartur Black …

The Abu Tartur Plateau has attracted the attention of geologists since the discovery of economically significant phosphate deposits in the Duwi Formation in 1967 (Notholt, 1985;Sediek and Amer ...

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Leaching of rare earths from Abu Tartur (Egypt) phosphate rock …

The leaching of rare earth elements (REEs) from Egyptian Abu Tartur phosphate rock using phosphoric acid has been examined and was subsequently optimized to better understand if such an approach could be industrially feasible. Preliminary experiments were performed to properly define the design of experiments. Afterward, 2^4 full factorial design was …

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(PDF) Upgrading of Abu-Tartur calcareous phosphate …

It was found that upon treatment of ground Abu Tartur phosphate rock with dilute acetic acid the % P2O5 can be raised to 28.6% from an original value of 25.6 % P2O5 with a phosphate recovery of 97.2%.

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Geochemical significance for the composition and depositional

Phosphate rock is the main source of phosphorous involving hundred of phosphorous minerals (Glenn and Arthur, 1990; Trappe, 1993; Britt, 2013). ... The proven reserves of Duwi phosphates in Egypt are estimated at 13000 million tonnes (Baioumy, 2011; Awadalla, 2010). ... Abu Tartur is a plateau of approximately 470m–550 m altitudes above sea ...

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Mining and industrial processing wastes of phosphate rocks in …

The present study aims to evaluate the potentiality of the phosphate ore wastes as a source of rare earth elements (REEs). The study targeted some phosphate production sites …

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Removal of ferriferous dolomite by magnetic separation from the

The Abu Tartur phosphate deposit is characterized by the presence of ferriferous dolomite, containing 60 to 70% of MgO, which allows the use of magnetic separation to reduce the MgO content of certain fractions.In fact, wet magnetic separation on a High Gradient Magnetic Separator (HGMS), applied to the [210–74] and [74–38] μm fractions, which assay, …

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Egypt ranks 9th globally in phosphate reserves | Amwal Al Ghad

The Abu Tartur Plateau in the Western Desert is home to one of the largest deposits in the region, renowned for its relatively high-quality phosphate. Along the Red Sea coast, …

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Chemical characterization of phosphate rock applied in arid …

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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Overview of Abu Tartur Phosphate Mine

The Abu Tartur phosphate mine is the largest phosphate mine in Egypt, strategically located near the Abu Tartur Plateau, approximately 50 kilometers west of Kharga Oasis in the Egyptian Western ...

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Mining and industrial processing wastes of phosphate rocks in …

Abu Tartur phosphate mine is the largest phosphate mine in Egypt. It is located adjacent to Abu Tartur plateau, about 50 km to the west of El Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt (Fig. 2). The estimated phosphate ore reserves in that mine may reach up to 1 billion tons, with mainly 3 million ton produced annually.

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Dissolution kinetics of Western Desert phosphate rocks, Abu Tartur …

The leaching of rare earth elements (REEs) from Egyptian Abu Tartur phosphate rock using phosphoric acid has been examined and was subsequently optimized to better understand if such an approach ...

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Methylene blue adsorption by the waste of Abu-Tartour phosphate rock

Abu-Tartour phosphorites are considered as the highest grade in Egypt (attain average of 25 wt.% P 2 O 5).Exploration of the mining area led to an estimation of 987 million tons as economic reserve [2].The marketable phosphate is usually 30% P 2 O 5 or higher. The run-of-mine material is usually of lower grade and thus needs upgrading.

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