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ASSESSMENT OF RAW MATERIALS FOR CEMENT INDUSTRY IN EL SUKHUNA-ZAAFRANA AREA, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT

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In the last few years, cement industry becomes a major player in materials recycling, although it is environmental polluted industry and a great consumer of limestone and clay. Cement manufacturing depends greatly upon chemical and physical characteristics of raw materials, its quality and quantity, simplicity of its extraction and its costs. Ain El Sukhna area is surrounded by the Eocene limestone plateaus from the eastern and western sides. The plateaus are unconformity over the Permo-Triassic of Qiseib Formation that are made mainly of clays. The present study is aiming to preliminary assess the suitability and characterize raw materials (limestone and clay) in the western part of Zaafrana area for cement industry. Samples of limestone and clays were collected and analyzed for their main oxides. Geological and geochemical investigations indicated the suitability of the limestone of Sannor Formation and the Qiseib Formation kaolinitic clay for the cement industry in the area with considerable reserve.

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10.21608/djs.2020.147776

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Cement industry, Raw Materials, Red Kaolinitic clay, Gebel El Ramliya Limestone, Mineral Resources, Qiseib Formation, Abu Darag Kaolinitic Clay, Zaafrana Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

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Hassan Z.

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Harraz

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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Mohamed M.

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Hamdy

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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Abdel Salam M.

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Abu El-Ela

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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Islam M.

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El-Hoseiny

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Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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42

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20693

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2020-12-01

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2021-02-10

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2020-12-01

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108

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124

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1012-5965

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2735-5306

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Delta Journal of Science

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ASSESSMENT OF RAW MATERIALS FOR CEMENT INDUSTRY IN EL SUKHUNA-ZAAFRANA AREA, EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT

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23 Jan 2023