The whereabouts of salt in Egypt

Egypt enjoys an excellent geographic location and mild climate throughout the year and features Hoatihaaly along the Mediterranean coast as it extends about (1100 km) from the city of Alsalumouhty town of Rafah in the Sinai Peninsula, as well as the beaches stretching about (900 km) On the coast of the Red Sea city of Suez and even Halayib.

  Egypt is characterized by the presence of abundant lakes and depressions, which is flooded with sea water, which helped in the spread of solar salt works and the establishment of natural and industrial on the shores of these lakes, because they are areas of initial concentration in the salt industry.   
The salt of months metals known by ancient Egyptians since ancient times and used it the day indispensable, both as a food or as a raw material in various industries, and resides NaCl in economic quantities in Egypt many regions the most important (Reserve Alzranic- village Sadat ingot) in northern Sinai, The area (Shakshuk) in Fayoum, and the (Max) in Alexandria, in addition to Port Said, Rosetta, Damietta and Marsa Matrouh, and is currently both Al Nasr Salines and the Egyptian Company for salts and minerals (Emisal) to extract and salt production from these areas.

Egypt's production of NaCl

Totaled Egypt's production of table salt (sodium chloride) during the year (2006/2007 m) (671 thousand tons) Tqrbea, financial value exceeding (57.1 million pounds), has been producing most of this quantity of Salinas (ingot) in northern Sinai, and (Max) in Alexandria, in addition to Port Said and Damietta and Rosetta and Marsa Matrouh.

World production

Reached the total world production of salt at the end of the year (2010) (270 million tons), China topped the introduction of the world salt producing, with production during the same year, about (60 million tons), followed in second place United States, where it reached production (45 million tons), and comes in third place Germany (17 million tons), and then come in fourth place India (16 million tons), and represent these countries (53.3%) of the world production of salt, and there are other countries, the task is to extract and salt production (such as Britain, Canada, Australia-Almxhex- Nioseland- Poland- Ospaina- Okranaa- Russia Egypt). The following table shows the global production and arranging and producing countries of the world reserves of salt, according to the latest report of the United States Geological Survey, issued in January of this year (2011).

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