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Bentonite Supplier in Egypt — API 13A Drilling & Foundry Grade

Egyptian bentonite supplier — sodium bentonite to API 13A for drilling mud, calcium bentonite for foundry sand bonding. FOB / CIF from Egyptian ports, from 100 MT.

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Bentonite at a glance

Commercial and logistics terms across the 2 SKUs in this line. Each SKU page carries its own specification sheet and test methods; every lot is analysed before the Bill of Lading.

Bentonite — commercial reference

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Products in this line: 2 SKUs
HS codes: 2508.10
Origin: Egypt · Turkey
Minimum order: 100 MT
Lead time: 2–4 weeks from confirmed order
Packing: 1 MT FIBC · 25 kg PP bags · Bulk vessel
Loading ports: Ain Sokhna · Alexandria · Damietta · El Dekheila
Destination regions: East Africa · Far East · Mediterranean · Red Sea & Gulf · South Asia
Standards & documents: ISO 9001:2015 · SGS
Incoterms: FOB · CFR · CIF

Taken from the SKU records in this line. Grade-specific limits and test methods are on each SKU page.

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HS 2508.10

Calcium Bentonite Foundry Grade

Egypt · MOQ 100 MT

HS 2508.10

Sodium Bentonite Drilling Grade

Egypt / Turkey · MOQ 100 MT

Bentonite — API 13A sodium bentonite for drilling and calcium bentonite for foundry bonding

Bentonite is a smectite clay whose value lies in what it does in water: a sodium bentonite swells, builds viscosity and seals filter cake in a drilling fluid; a calcium bentonite bonds green-sand moulds in a foundry. The two are not interchangeable, and within each the performance numbers — not the clay percentage — are what the buyer is paying for. Egypt Globe Group supplies both: Sodium Bentonite Drilling Grade, an API 13A product sourced from Egyptian and Turkish deposits, and Calcium Bentonite Foundry Grade, an Egyptian clay for foundry sand bonding and absorbent applications.

API 13A judges drilling bentonite on rheology and filtrate loss, so a lot that looks right on XRF can still fail the viscometer — the standing complaint against regional exporters. Egypt Globe Group's internal QA division, embedded since incorporation, runs the API 13A suspension test on every export lot before the B/L; a failing lot is rejected at the loading port.

Technical specification

Sodium Bentonite Drilling Grade — Physical properties

Parameter	Specification	Test method	Standard
Viscometer dial reading at 600 r/min (22.5 g in 350 cm³ water)	≥ 30	API 13A suspension test	API Spec 13A, Section 9
Yield point / plastic viscosity ratio	≤ 3	API 13A	API Spec 13A
Filtrate volume	≤ 15.0 cm³	API filter press	API Spec 13A
Residue greater than 75 µm	≤ 4.0 % mass	Wet sieve	API Spec 13A

Sodium Bentonite Drilling Grade — Chemical analysis

Parameter	Limit	Test method	QA sampling
Moisture	≤ 10 % mass	Oven drying, API 13A	Port lab, per lot
Montmorillonite content	Reported on CoA	Methylene-blue adsorption	Port lab, per lot

Calcium Bentonite Foundry Grade — Physical and chemical summary

Parameter	Specification	Test method	Standard
Clay type	Calcium bentonite, Egyptian origin	XRD / XRF	—
Methylene-blue value (active clay)	Reported on CoA	AFS methylene-blue clay test	Buyer specification
Green compression / wet tensile strength	Reported on CoA	AFS sand tests	Buyer specification

Logistical & QA parameters (both grades)

MOQ — containerised (FCL): 100 MT catalogue MOQ; 200 MT minimum order for foundry grade
MOQ — break-bulk vessel: 500 MT for drilling grade (maximum 20,000 MT per shipment); foundry grade to 10,000 MT
Packing: Bulk vessel · 1 MT FIBC · 25 kg PP bags
Loading ports: Damietta (EGDAM), Alexandria (EGALY), El Dekheila (EGEDK), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK)
Incoterms: FOB / CFR for drilling grade; FOB for foundry grade; CIF on request
Lead time: 2–4 weeks
Independent inspection protocol: SGS / BV / TÜV Austria: sampling per ISO 11648-2, witnessed API 13A rheology and filtrate test, draft survey, sealed referee sample
Internal QA gate: Per-lot CoA (API 13A suite or foundry bonding suite, moisture, residue) issued by the port laboratory before B/L; out-of-spec lots rejected at the loading port
HS code: 2508.10

QA verification chain

Verification chain5 gates · every consignment

1

Extraction / source

Deposit-bench swelling index and methylene-blue screening; Turkish-origin lots accepted against supplier CoA plus EGG arrival test

EvidenceSource test sheet

EGG QA · per stockpile or inbound lot
2

Processing

Drying, sodium activation (drilling grade), milling to 75 µm residue target

EvidenceKiln temperature and mill sieve logs

Plant QC · per shift
3

Port laboratory

API 13A viscometer, YP/PV, filtrate, residue, moisture on lot composite; AFS bonding tests for foundry grade

EvidencePer-lot CoA

EGG port QC · every lot before B/L
4

Independent inspection

Sampling per ISO 11648-2, witnessed API 13A test, draft survey

EvidenceSGS / BV / TÜV certificate

Per shipment
5

Destination acceptance

Mud plant or foundry sand laboratory retest against CoA

EvidenceBuyer report vs CoA

Buyer · on arrival

Applications & markets

Water-based drilling fluids, horizontal directional drilling and piling slurries: oil and gas, oilfield salt products
Foundry green-sand bonding, iron-ore pelletising binder: steel and metal
Shipped to the Red Sea and Gulf, East Africa, the Mediterranean, South Asia and the Far East; see Saudi Arabia, Kenya and India import guides

Standards & documentation

API Spec 13A Section 9 (drilling-grade bentonite), AFS sand-testing procedures (foundry grade), ISO 11648-2 (sampling)
Inspection · documentation · quality and compliance · HS codes

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Frequently asked questions

What is in the Bentonite catalogue?

Egypt Globe Group supplies both: Sodium Bentonite Drilling Grade, an API 13A product sourced from Egyptian and Turkish deposits, and Calcium Bentonite Foundry Grade, an Egyptian clay for foundry sand bonding and absorbent applications. There are 2 SKUs in the catalogue.

What is the minimum order quantity for Bentonite?

Containerised (FCL): 100 MT catalogue MOQ; 200 MT minimum order for foundry grade; break-bulk vessel: 500 MT for drilling grade (maximum 20,000 MT per shipment); foundry grade to 10,000 MT. Packing — Bulk vessel · 1 MT FIBC · 25 kg PP bags. Sold FOB / CFR for drilling grade; FOB for foundry grade; CIF on request.

Which Egyptian ports handle Bentonite, and how long is the lead time?

Loading ports are Damietta (EGDAM), Alexandria (EGALY), El Dekheila (EGEDK), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK). Lead time is 2–4 weeks from a confirmed order.

How is quality verified on a shipment of Bentonite?

At the port laboratory gate: API 13A viscometer, YP/PV, filtrate, residue, moisture on lot composite; AFS bonding tests for foundry grade. Per-lot CoA (API 13A suite or foundry bonding suite, moisture, residue) issued by the port laboratory before B/L; out-of-spec lots rejected at the loading port. An independent inspector can be appointed — SGS / BV / TÜV Austria: sampling per ISO 11648-2, witnessed API 13A rheology and filtrate test, draft survey, sealed referee sample.

Which specifications and shipping documents cover Bentonite?

API Spec 13A Section 9 (drilling-grade bentonite), AFS sand-testing procedures (foundry grade), ISO 11648-2 (sampling). HS code: 2508.10.

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

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Grade, packing, destination and quantity — the export desk comes back with a priced FOB / CIF / CFR offer for Bentonite once stock, laycan and freight are confirmed.

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