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]

El Maghara mine
Location
El Maghara mine is located in Egypt
El Maghara mine
El Maghara mine
GovernateNorth Sinai
CountryEgypt
Coordinates30°41′05″N 33°19′10″E / 30.68472°N 33.31944°E / 30.68472; 33.31944
Production
ProductsCoal
History
Opened1964
Owner
CompanyEgyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources

The mine is run by the state-owned Egyptian General Authority for Mineral Resources [ar].[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Boskovitch, Angela (11 March 2015). "Photo Essay: Fighting for Creative Cinema". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.