The El Maghara mine is an underground coal mine in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.[1] Opened in 1964,[1] 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]
| Location | |
|---|---|
  El Maghara mine | |
| Governate | North Sinai |
| Country | Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°41′05″N 33°19′10″E / 30.68472°N 33.31944°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Coal |
| History | |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources |
The mine is run by the state-owned Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Boskovitch, Angela (11 March 2015). "Photo Essay: Fighting for Creative Cinema". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- ^ Seifelnassr, A.A.S. (1996). "Wetting properties of an Egyptian coal and their relation to its flotation behaviour". In Kemal, M.; Arslan, V.; Canbazoglu, M. (eds.). Changing Scopes in Mineral Processing: Proceedings of the 6th international symposium. CRC Press. p. 209. ISBN 9789054108290.
- ^ Amer, HA; Shawky, S; Hussein, MI; Abd el-Hady, ML (2002). "Radiological study of exposure levels in El Maghara underground coal mine". Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 4 (4): 583–587. doi:10.1039/b202693g. PMID 12196005.
- ^ a b "Government approves operation of El Maghara coal mine: official". Cairo Post. 2014-05-14. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
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