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Egypt's Mining Sector & Mining Companies

Egypt mining sector overview 2026: gold, phosphate, iron ore, salt, gypsum and silica deposits, the major mining companies, the 2020 law reforms and bulk sourcing.

Egypt's mining sector spans gold, phosphate, iron ore, salt, gypsum, limestone, dimension stone and industrial minerals, regulated by EMRA under the amended Mineral Resources Law. This overview covers the deposits, the mining companies operating in Egypt, the 2020–2025 reforms, and how bulk buyers source Egyptian minerals.

02

Egypt's mineral wealth

Egypt is one of the most geologically endowed countries in MENA, with significant deposits of:

Gold
(Eastern Desert — Sukari, Hamash, El-Fawakhir belts)
Phosphate rock
(Abu Tartour, Red Sea coast, Western Desert)
Iron ore
(Bahariya Oasis, Aswan)
Salt
(Siwa Oasis, Qattara Depression, Bardawil Lagoon, El-Arish, Red Sea coastal pans)
Gypsum
(Sinai, Western Desert)
Limestone
(the raw material of the cement industry)
Marble & dimension stone
(Galala, Sinai)
Granite
(Aswan, Eastern Desert)
Manganese
(Sinai)
Tantalum-niobium
(Abu Dabbab)
Tin, beryllium, REE-bearing pegmatites
(Eastern Desert)
Silica sand
(Abu Zenima, Belaim — glass and foundry grades)
03

Egypt's mining sector at a glance

MetricValueSource / year
Largest gold mineSukari, Eastern Desert — 500,000 oz in 2025, 481,000 oz in 2024AngloGold Ashanti via Egypt Oil & Gas, Feb 2026
Sukari ownershipAngloGold Ashanti, since its acquisition of Centamin on 22 November 2024Egypt Oil & Gas, Feb 2026
Gold exploration82 blocks awarded to 11 companies in the 2020 Eastern Desert bid round (Centamin, Barrick, B2Gold, Lotus Gold, Red Sea Resources, AKH Gold among them)Mining Technology, Nov 2020
RegulatorEgyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority — the former EMRA, made an economic authority in 2025Egypt Oil & Gas, Jun 2025
Legal frameworkMineral Resources Law No. 198 of 2014, amended by Law No. 87 of 2025Egypt Oil & Gas, Jun 2025
Salt sourcesSiwa Oasis, Qattara Depression, Bardawil Lagoon, El-Arish, Red Sea coastal pansEGG
PhosphateAbu Tartour (Misr Phosphate), Red Sea coast, Nile Valleyphosphate comparison
Iron oreBahariya Oasis, Aswan—
Export ports7 Egyptian export ports — loading portsEGG port network
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Mining companies operating in Egypt

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti
owns and operates the Sukari gold mine in the Eastern Desert since acquiring Centamin on 22 November 2024. Sukari produced 500,000 oz in 2025, up 4 % from 481,000 oz in 2024 — Egypt's one large operating gold mine.
Barrick, B2Gold, Lotus Gold, Red Sea Resources, AKH Gold
among the 11 companies awarded 82 Eastern Desert exploration blocks in Egypt's 2020 international bid round (Centamin, now part of AngloGold Ashanti, was another).
Aton Resources
(TSX-V) — the Abu Marawat concession, about 200 km north of Sukari, including the Hamama project.
Shalateen Mining Company
the state gold company whose Eastern Desert ground was offered in the bid round.

Phosphate, industrial minerals and salt

Misr Phosphate
Abu Tartour plateau, New Valley; Egypt's main phosphate producer.
El Nasr Mining Company
Red Sea and Nile Valley phosphate.
Egypt Globe Group
and its salt brands (Pelot Salt, EG Salt, Globe Salt, Salt Siwa, Sinai Salt) — rock salt from Siwa and Qattara, sea salt from North Sinai and the Red Sea coast, and the industrial minerals in the table below.

The regulator is the Egyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority (formerly EMRA), which runs the bid rounds and grants licences.

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Supply options from EGG

ProductGrade / spec headlineStandardMOQ
Rock salt — mine grade wholesale · bulk salt hubSiwa / Qattara, NaCl ≥ 97.00 %ISO 9001, GOEIC240 MT
Raw gypsum rock · plaster of ParisCaSO₄·2H₂O ≥ 85 %; ≥ 90 % hemihydrateISO 9001, SGS1,000 MT
Limestone CaCO₃ 95 % · dolomite lump 18 % MgOFlux and refractory gradesISO 9001, Egyptian Standard500–1,000 MT
Silica sand glass grade SiO₂ 99 % · foundry AFS 50Zafarana / DeltaISO 9001, SGS100 MT
Phosphate rock BPL 68 % · rock phosphate 30 % P₂O₅Safaga / Red SeaISO 9001, SGS1,000 MT
Iron ore pellets DRI 67 % · magnetite ≥ 95 % Fe₃O₄ · manganese ore 44 % MnOre and dense-medium gradesISO 9001, SGS100–1,000 MT
Galala Cream marble · Rosa Aswan granite · granite & marble catalogueDimension stoneEN 12058 / EN 146910 MT
Barite API 4.2 SG · kaolin WG1 · feldspar ceramic lumps · talcIndustrial mineralsISO 9001, SGS100 MT
Sulphur granular 99.9 % · urea 46 % N · NPK 20-20-20Agro-mineralsISO 9001, SGS500–1,000 MT
Industrial minerals division · mining & other industrial applications · steel & metalworking · glass & ceramics———
06

Recent reforms

2020 — the first international bid round under the amended law.
82 gold exploration blocks in the Eastern Desert went to 11 companies, seven of them international; the round followed the move away from the old production-sharing model to royalties and tax.
November 2024 — Sukari changes hands.
AngloGold Ashanti completed its acquisition of Centamin, bringing one of the world's large gold producers into Egypt as an operator.
2025 — the regulator becomes an economic authority.
Law No. 87 of 2025 amended the Mineral Resources Law (No. 198 of 2014) and turned EMRA into the Egyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority, with its own financial and managerial independence, the power to set sector strategy, partner with private companies and invest in geological data.
The ambition.
The chairman of parliament's industry committee said in July 2025 that mining's contribution to GDP could rise to 5 %, possibly 10 %, within three years — a forecast, not a measured figure.
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How Egypt Globe Group fits the mining ecosystem

Egypt Globe Group is a trading + logistics group, not a primary miner. We:

Mine salt
(Siwa Oasis + Qattara Depression rock salt; North Sinai + Red Sea solar sea salt)
Trade gypsum, limestone, silica, phosphate, marble, dimension stone
from third-party producers
Export agro-minerals
(NPK, sulfur, urea via trader relationships)
Provide port + freight logistics
for outbound mineral cargoes from Egypt's 7 export ports
08

QA and reliability

Egypt Globe Group positions itself as your verified, long-term supply-chain ally: incorporated 2014 with an internal Quality Assurance division at its nucleus, ISO 9001:2015 across all divisions, and uncompromising QA verification from extraction to destination port. Every lot is tested at the loading-port laboratory and the Certificate of Analysis or Mill Test Certificate is issued before the Bill of Lading; lots outside specification are rejected at the loading port, never re-graded or renegotiated. Independent inspection by TÜV Austria, SGS, Intertek or Bureau Veritas (all ISO/IEC 17020 + 17025) is available on every shipment, laycans are run with documented NOR / SOF, and the specification is guaranteed at the port of loading under the sales contract — see inspection & quality control, trade documentation and quality & compliance. For third-party minerals traded from Egyptian quarries the same discipline applies: quarry-face assay, port-laboratory XRF or wet-chemistry confirmation per lot, independent draft survey and witness sampling, and rejection at the loading port of any lot outside the assay window.

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Sources

  • Egypt Oil & Gas, Sukari gold produces 500,000 ounces in 2025, 22 February 2026 — egyptoil-gas.com
  • Egypt Oil & Gas, Egypt revamps Mining Law for economic growth, investment, 12 June 2025 — egyptoil-gas.com
  • Daily News Egypt, Egypt mining law overhaul to transform mineral authority into economic body, 16 July 2025 — dailynewsegypt.com
  • Mining Technology, Egypt awards 11 companies gold exploration blocks in mining bid round, 20 November 2020 — mining-technology.com
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Sourcing Egyptian minerals?

Egypt Globe Group is a trading and logistics group, not a primary miner: it mines salt at Siwa, Qattara, North Sinai and the Red Sea, and trades gypsum, limestone, silica, phosphate, marble and dimension stone from the third-party producers listed above. Start from the industrial minerals catalogue, with silica sand, phosphate rock BPL 68 %, barite API 4.2 SG and kaolin, or the bulk salt hub for mine-grade rock salt.

Verification:
quarry-face assay, port-laboratory XRF or wet-chemistry confirmation per lot, independent draft survey and witness sampling; any lot outside the assay window is rejected at the loading port.
Order size:
from 10 MT for dimension stone and 100 MT for silica, barite and ore grades to 1,000 MT for phosphate, gypsum and limestone, across Egypt's 7 export ports.

For phosphate buyers weighing the two North African origins, Egyptian vs Moroccan phosphate rock compares grade, cadmium, ports and export volumes.

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Contents· 10 sections
  1. 01Overview
  2. 02Egypt's mineral wealth
  3. 03Egypt's mining sector at a glance
  4. 04Mining companies operating in Egypt
  5. 05Supply options from EGG
  6. 06Recent reforms
  7. 07How Egypt Globe Group fits the mining ecosystem
  8. 08QA and reliability
  9. 09Sources
  10. 10Sourcing Egyptian minerals?
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Frequently asked questions

What minerals does Egypt produce?
Egypt produces gold, phosphate, iron ore, salt, gypsum, limestone, dolomite, silica sand, kaolin, feldspar, talc, barite, bentonite, manganese and ornamental stone (granite, marble), alongside oil and gas.
Who are the major mining companies in Egypt?
AngloGold Ashanti operates Sukari, Egypt's one large gold mine (500,000 oz in 2025), since acquiring Centamin in November 2024. Barrick, B2Gold, Lotus Gold, Red Sea Resources and AKH Gold hold Eastern Desert exploration blocks from the 2020 bid round; Aton Resources holds Abu Marawat. Misr Phosphate and El Nasr Mining lead in phosphate.
Is Egypt's mining sector open to foreign investment?
Yes. The 2020 international bid round awarded 82 gold exploration blocks to 11 companies under a royalty-and-tax model, and Law No. 87 of 2025 turned the regulator into the Egyptian Mineral Resources and Mining Industries Authority, an economic authority that can partner with private investors.
What industrial minerals can I source from Egypt?
Egypt Globe Group exports silica sand, kaolin, feldspar, talc, barite, bentonite, limestone, dolomite and gypsum with lab assay and SGS inspection, FOB/CIF from Egyptian ports.

Other questions? Email our export desk — the export desk replies to every request.