Production , Treatment of white sand & kaolin

Project Name

 (Wade Quena) – North Eastern Desert (industrial zone)

Project Location

260 million tons (Wade Quena)

Project Reserve

1.Extraction , Processing , Treatment  of glass sands & Separation , concentration of kaolin

Project Objective

1.providing new job opportunities

2.contributing to increasing the national income

3.contributing to developing of  the zone

4.contributing to redistribution of the population

5.can be considered as a model of mining projects

Project Description

880 thousand tons of high-quality sands

35 thousand of high-quality kaolin

Production Capacity

two year

Duration of Implementation

50 years

Project Time scale

Almost 85 million pounds

Total Cost

50 million pounds

Rate  of Return of Capital

The Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA)

Responsible Entity for the Project

(EMRA) 60% , partner 40%

Earning ratio

2010

Start up Date

Project  proposed for investment

Current Status