Misr Phosphate starts 'low-dust' rock exports

Misr Phosphate has started to export phosphate rock with a low dust content via the port of Damietta on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast.

A newly constructed ‘de-dusting’ unit at the company’s Abu Tartour phosphate mine in the New Valley Governate, southwestern Egypt, is currently operating at a capacity of 1,000 t/d. This unit removes around 80% of the fines (less than 80 micrometres in size) from crushed phosphate rock. Beneficially, this de-dusting process also raises phosphate rock grade – by about 1.0-1.5% P₂O₅ – while also reducing heavy metal content, according to the company.