URANIUM RESOURCES AND RESERVES IN EGYPT

Most of Egyptian uranium occur rences containing Low Grade ... At both sites adsorbed uranium in the host rock immediately below the secondary ores is shown to have been the result of subsequent ...

Gold Leaching Using Thiourea from Uranium Tailing …

The objective of this study was to investigate thiourea leaching of gold present in the uranium tailings. Sulfuric acid treatment for raw material is important in order to dissolve uranium as well as to remove easily leachable metals. The acidic thiourea solution was proposed as a non-toxic possible alternative process route to cyanide in gold …

Uranium mining in Egypt is expanding despite …

Egypt's Allouga uranium mine has been expanding despite evidence that its radioactive runoff is contaminating scarce water resources, according to satellite images captured last month for...

Acid and ferric sulfate bioleaching of uranium ores: A review

1. Introduction. Uranium is an important strategic element, mostly used as enriched 235 U for nuclear power generation and nuclear arsenal. Depleted uranium is used as ballast (density 19.1 g cm −3) in vessels and in some instances as aircraft counterweights, in armor and as penetrators in ammunition (Betti, 2003; Bleise et al., …

Whole-rock and biotite geochemistry of granites from the …

Granite-hosted uranium deposits in South China mainly occur in the Motianling, Miao'ershan, Zhuguangshan, Guidong, Taoshan, Jiuyishan, Liuchen, Guidong, Aigao, and Dafuzu batholiths (Fig. 1; Zhang and Zhang, 1991).Available data both from research and mineral exploration reveal that such deposits are genetically related to …

Fungal Leaching of Uranium from its Geological Ores in …

Seven fungal species were isolated from two uranium ores in Alloga region, west central Sinai, Egypt. They were identified as, Aspergillus flavus, Penicillium brevicompactum, P. oxalicum, P. purpurescens, P. lividum, Aspergillus terreus and P. spinulosum.

Uranium extraction from ores with salicylic acid; II. Uranium

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Vanadium ore resources of the African continent: State of …

The most significant and common style of surficial concentrations worldwide is represented by the calcrete-hosted uranium/vanadium ores (Carlisle, 1983, Van Gosen and Hall, 2017), with Namibia, the USA, ... Egypt: Aswan (South Egypt) Iron ores: V in high-phosphorus iron ore: Fe, P: 484 ppm in iron ore: Not evaluated: Baioumy et al., …

Uranium from Ore to Yellow Cake- A Case Study Gattar …

Uranium from Ore to Yellow Cake- A Case Study "Gattar Project" Egypt. Speaker- Dr. Mohamed Soliman Saleh. Head of uranium extraction project, Gattar. 2022. Location …

Determination of the uranium content of …

In this work, we propose a method for determining the uranium content of Egyptian phosphate ores by using a CR-39 nuclear track detector simultaneously with an Alpha GUARD pulse ionization …

Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates | Imports and Exports …

In 2022, the world imports of "Uranium or thorium ores and concentrates" exceeded $374 million (according to external trade statistics of 22 countries).It was $142 million in the previous year (according to merchandise trade statistics of 23 countries). There are no trade data (2022) for such importers as Vietnam (0.092% of the world …

Weak acid leaching of uranium ore from a high carbonate uranium …

Preparation of uranium ore. As shown in Fig. 1, uranium ores were taken from several cores of six boreholes of the Yuejin uranium deposit in Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China.The ore from each hole was crushed and mixed according to the natural grain size, and then sieved according to the six grain classes of > 5, 5 ~ 2.5, 2.5 ~ 1, 1 ~ …

Comparison of Different Methods for Uranium Determination in Uranium

Alpha and gamma spectrometry are capable of determination isotopic uranium composition of ores for age dating of geological samples. Gamma spectrometry is incapable of the determination 234U but ...

Aeromagnetic and Radiometric Data Interpretation to …

This study focused on joint interpretation of the aeromagnetic and radiometric data to allocate and describe the structural elements and mineralization zones such as uranium, gold, and sulfide in the Gebel Umm Tineidba and its surroundings, Eastern Desert, Egypt. The study region is covered by exposures of Precambrian rocks such as gneisses, …

Effect of mineral constituents in the bioleaching of uranium …

The optimum conditions of uranium bioleaching from its ores, were found to be 7 days, 3% pulp density, pH 3 and 30 °C. ... Egypt. Eight fungal species were isolated from different grades of uraniferous samples. The bio-dissolution experiments showed that Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus terreus exhibited the highest leaching efficiencies of ...

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

Keywords: Uranium, Primary, Secondary, Surficial deposits, Controlling factors, Egypt. This overview addresses uranium ore deposition and classification, mining and refining of …

Bioleaching of low-grade volcanogenic uranium deposits at …

Uranium is an important strategic resource, which is mainly extracted from uranium ore. Acid leaching is the most commonly used uranium extraction technique, with sulfuric acid used as the leaching agent and MnO 2 or NaClO 3 used as the oxidants [].As the hard rock type high-grade uranium resources in southern China is gradually …

Successive recovery of vanadium and uranium from …

In nature uranium presents in simple oxides (Uraninite and Pitchblende) and in multiple oxides (Bannerite and Davidite) [1,2,3,4]. In contrast to uranium, vanadium is a relatively abundant element in the earth's crust (150 ppm) distributed in phosphorus, titaniferous magnetite and chromite ores.

Arbitrary estimation of uranium ore reserves in Qattar–V, …

The qattar - V (G-V) uranium occurrence occurs at the contact areas between Gabal Qattar (G - Qattar) granite and Hammamat sedimentary rocks. The aim of this …

Natural radioactivity and radiation hazard assessment of phosphate

Phosphate ores typically contain about 1500 Bq/kg of uranium and radium, although some phosphates contain up to 20,000 Bq/kg of U 3 O 8 (Paschoa and Godoy, 2002). In general, phosphate ores of sedimentary origin have higher concentrations of radionuclides of the uranium family. In 90% of cases, the ore is treated with sulfuric acid.

Uranium processing

Uranium processing - Leaching, Extraction, Purification: Roasted uranium ores are leached of their uranium values by both acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions. For the successful operation of all leaching systems, uranium must either be initially present in the more stable hexavalent state or be oxidized to that state in the …

Geology of Rare Metals in Egypt- A review

and organometallic compounds, respectively. Uranium occurs in granites of the Eastern Desert. Thorium was reported at the Um Ara area at the Eastern Desert and in the monazite from the black sands. Although rare metals are quite common in Egypt, processing and beneficiations of the rare metals-bearing rocks did not reflect the abundance and the

[PDF] Mineralogy and uranium leaching of ores from …

The recovery of uranium and other valuable metals from Polish Peribaltic sandstones were examined and satisfactory results were obtained for the alkaline leaching process. The recovery of uranium and other valuable metals from Polish Peribaltic sandstones were examined. The solid–liquid extraction is the first stage of the …

Uranium from Ore to Yellow Cake- A Case Study Gattar …

Study "Gattar Project" Egypt Speaker- Dr. Mohamed Soliman Saleh Head of uranium extraction project, Gattar Nuclear Materials Authority 2022. Different promising ... Identification of highest acid consuming ores Estimation of uranium recovery 2- Column tests on specific sample Of each deposit :

Osman. DESOUKY | assistant prof of inorganic chemistry

Nuclear Materials Authority of Egypt · uranium ores ... been used as an alternative approach to conventional hydrometallurgical methods of uranium's recovery from low grade ores and waste samples

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Radioactive materials such as uranium and thorium. (Nuclear Materials Authority) B- metallic materials include: - - Iron ore: ilmenite chromite, manganese - - - ... Feldspar ores (occurrences) in Egypt. FELDSPAR VEINS IN EASTERN DESERT IN EGYPT 1. Rod Ashab 2. Marwat Seweigat 3. Wadi EL Gemal 4. Wadi EL Gendi 5. Umm Rashid 6. Abu …

Radiometric characteristics of some metallic ores and …

Uranium and thorium, being both mobile and relatively immobile elements, are typically present at trace levels. Airborne gamma-ray maps commonly depict variations in K, eU, and eTh geochemistry from 30 to 50 cm below the Earth's surface. ... Metallog enic map of Arab Republic of Egypt (metallic ores and non-metallic deposits). Sheet …

Evaluation of Rare Earth Elements in Black Sand and Phosphate ores, EGYPT

The rare earth elements (REEs), uranium (U) and thorium (Th) isotopes found naturally in soil, rock, water and plant. About 20 samples of Black sand and phosphate were collected from different locations in the Rashid city, Egypt. ... Evaluation of Rare Earth Elements in Black Sand and Phosphate ores, EGYPT Mahmoud S.A. Shain 1, Ebtissam A ...

Assessment of natural radioactivity in fertilizers and phosphate ores

The internal hazard indexes for phosphate ores and fertilizers used in Egypt were found to be higher than the safety limit, except for PhS1 and PhF5, with average values of 2.46 ± 0.51 for the phosphate ore samples and 3.20 ± 0.38 for the phosphate fertilizer samples (Tables 5 and 6), which implied that the use of phosphate fertilizers …