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Gold Mining Radioactivity In Egypt Apr

Gold Mining Radioactivity In Egypt Apr. Egypt signs 4 contracts with 2nd largest gold exploration company in. CAIRO – 27 July 2021: The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, witnessed the signing of 4 contracts to search for gold between the Mineral Resources Authority and the Canadian Barrick Gold Corporation, which is the largest ...

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Evaluation of radiological hazards due to natural radioactivity in …

Keywords Gold mining · Soils · Natural radioactivity · Radiation hazards · Gamma-ray spectrometry · Statistical analysis. ... Egypt. The average activity concentrations of Ra-226, Th-232 and ...

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Egypt awards 11 companies gold exploration blocks in …

Canadian companies B2Gold, Barrick Gold, Lotus Gold, Red Sea resources, Australia's Centamin and Britain's AKH Gold, are some of the companies that have been awarded concessions. Despite Egypt's history of …

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Gold: Egypt has an estimated 6.7 million ounces of gold in the Eastern Desert. The Sukari mine is the only commercial gold mine in operation in Egypt. Tantalite: Egypt has the fourth-largest tantalite reserves in the world, with an estimated 48 million tons. Coal: Egypt has an estimated 50 million tons of coal. There are coal mines in El Maghara.

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Natural radioactivity measurement of gold mine tailings in …

(DOI: 10.1051/REES/2020005) Gold mining is one of the primary industry in Fiji, and it could expose the naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) that may produce health risk to the people working in mining. The present study focuses on the assessment of soil samples in the vicinity of gold mining to assess the concentration of these nuclides. The …

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Determination of natural radioactivity and hazard in soil samples …

The activity concentrations of natural radionuclides 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K in soil samples from the gold mining area in Itagunmodi were measured by gamma spectrometry using Sodium Iodide detector. Radiological hazard assessments due to these natural radionuclides were carried out. The average activity concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th and 40 K determined in …

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Radiometric Analysis Of Natural Radioactivity Levels Of Tailings …

1.2 1.0 0.0 REFERENCES 0.0 SAMPLE NUMBER Figure 3.2: A comparison of internal and external hazard indices of the collected tailing samples at Rosterman gold mine. Since the recorded averages for both internal and external indices were less than a unit (Table 3.1), mining of gold at Rosterman does not predispose the miners and the general public ...

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Measurement of natural radioactivity in granites and its quartz …

The distribution of natural radionuclides (226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K) in Granites and its quartz-bearing gold at El-Fawakhir area (Central Eastern Desert, Egypt) were measured by using γ-ray spectroscopy [NaI (Tl) 3″ × 3″].X-Ray Fluorescence technique was used for chemical analyses of the studied samples. The specific activity of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K values are …

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The influence of gold mining on radioactivity of mining sites soil in

The activity of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in soil samples were measured by gamma spectrometry using high-purity germanium detector. The study involved 40 samples from four divisions: 10 samples each were drawn from the control area (CTR), washing area 1 (W1), washing area 2 (W2) and the mining pits (MP). Radium and Thorium were measured in …

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Unearthing Opportunity: A Look at Egypt's Mining Sector

Eyeing a place among the world's top mining destinations, Egypt boasts impressive reserves: 6.7 million ounces of gold, 48 million tons of tantalum which is valuable for laboratory equipment and computers (ranking fourth globally), and 50 million tons of coal, which plays a significant role in energy security.

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Exploring gold mineralization in altered ultramafic rocks in south …

Gold mining is an important strategic sector. The search for mineral reserves is moving deeper as more accessible shallow resources are discovered. Geophysical techniques are now being employed ...

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(PDF) Radioactive Risk Assessment of El-Fawakhir …

Radioactive environmental hazard assessment was done for the location of the gold mine in El-Fawakhir area, eastern desert of Egypt by using the airborne gamma ray spectrometric data in order to ...

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Natural radioactivity level and evaluation of …

Aguko, W. (2013) 'Assessment of radiation exposure levels associated with gold mining in Sakwa Wagusu, Bondo District, Kenya', in Scientific Conference Proceedings .

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(PDF) ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY LEVELS …

Selected sedimentary samples from different locations on the east and west banks of the Nile River in Upper Egypt were analysed by natural radioactivity measurements to detect the presence of ...

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Environmental Radioactivity of Radon and its Hazards …

The environmental radioactivity of the Lake Manzala, Egypt, has been investigated to determine the level of the natural radioactivity and the radiological impact for the targeted area.

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Tracking metal pollution from illegal gold mining: a health risk

Illegal gold mining in Egypt poses a significant threat to the environment, local communities, and the national economy. The Eastern Desert, a vast and remote area with …

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Mining Industry of Egypt

A comprehensive overview of the mining industry of Egypt - including minerals, stones, gold and other earth resources, as well as the latest industry news. Companies; News; Experts; Jobs ... Gold Pyramid Group is a diversified mining service provider established in 2016, focused on exploring Gold and precious metals in the Arab Shield. ...

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Measurement of natural radioactivity in granites and its quartz …

Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Measurement of natural radioactivity in granites and its quartz-bearing gold at El-Fawakhir area (Central Eastern Desert), Egypt" by M. Uosif et al. ... Gold mining is one of the primary industry in Fiji, and it could expose the naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) that may produce health risk to ...

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Evaluation of Natural Radioactivity and Risk Assessment of …

Measurements of natural radioactivity in surface soils from a gold mining area were performed using aHPGe detector with a specially designed shield. Soil samples were collected from Um Garaiate mine in Southeastern area of Egypt and Mahd Ad-Dahab mine in Western of Al-Madina Al- Munawara area in Saudi Arabia. The obtained results of uranium and thorium …

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(PDF) Measurement of natural radioactivity in granites and its …

The distribution of natural radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) in Granites and its quartz-bearing gold at El-Fawakhir area (Central Eastern Desert, Egypt) were measured by using γ-ray ...

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Radiospectrometric and magnetic signatures of a gold mine in Egypt

The purpose of this research is to study the signatures of a gold mine (Um Salim), located in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, using aeroradiospectrometric and aeromagnetic data. …

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Geodrill secures drilling contract for Centamin's gold mine in Egypt

West African-based drilling company Geodrill has received a drilling contract from gold mining company Centamin for the Sukari gold mine in Egypt. Under the five-year contract, Geodrill will undertake at least 90,000m of underground drilling a year. This work will be carried out using five drill rigs.

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Natural occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) from mining …

Scientific literatures have confirmed the wide impact of mining operations on human health and the environment. Charles (2010) reported exposure effect of mining activities to miners and residents of mining areas due to discharge of ionizing radiations of natural origin referred to as Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) (Gbarato et al., 2018).

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Evaluation of Naturally Occurring Radionuclide Materials in Soil

Workers in the mining and mineral processing sectors are exposed to a variety of radiation hazards, including external gamma radiation from ores, inhalation of dust containing long-lived alpha ...

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Radioactive Risk Assessment of El-Fawakhir gold mine and …

Radioactive environmental hazard assessment was done for the location of the gold mine in El-Fawakhir area, eastern desert of Egypt by using the airborne gamma ray spectrometric data in …

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Mineralogy, chemistry and radioactivity of the heavy minerals in …

The Egyptian black sand placer deposits are discontinuously distributed along the Mediterranean Sea coast. They extend between Abu Qir to the west and Rafah to the east (about 700 km long and ∼20 m depth) and well developed in the beach areas of Rosetta, Damietta, north Sinai and the coastal sand dunes of the El-Burullus-Baltim area (El-Askary and Frihy, 1986, El …

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Distributions and Risk Assessment of the Natural Radionuclides …

Due to heightening concern about radiation hazards protection, activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K in forty soil samples collected from Shoubra El Kheima in the South Nile Delta were measured using gamma-ray spectrometry. The mean activity concentrations of 226Ra and 40K were higher in 20% of the considered samples than the …

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(PDF) Radioactive Risk Assessment of El-Fawakhir …

Radioactive environmental hazard assessment was done for the location of the gold mine in El-Fawakhir area, eastern desert of Egypt by using the airborne gamma ray spectrometric data in order...

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