الإمكانات الطبيعية للمحاجر و مشتقاتها و آثارها على البيئة و خلق فرص الاستثمار : محافظة القاهرة نموذجا

Abstract EN

The rock ores located in the governorate are considered natural resources of economic importance, and the uncontrolled and indiscriminate exploitation works to deplete this source located on the desert hinterland of the governorate, as it is considered a non-renewable resource, and the transportation, petrification, cracking and spreading of the raw materials results in long-term environmental and economic damages, including this has negative effects on air and soil pollution, destroying the natural beauty of the lands in the governorate, reducing vegetation cover, and harming the population and eco-tourist areas.

deserts constitute the largest part of the province’s area by 60%.

the province contains many quarried ores such as hard stones (limestone–dolomite), desert clays of both types, kaolin and bentonite, building sand and gravel, in addition to few reserves of gypsum.

despite this enormous wealth, the province is close to production sites that depends on these raw materials, the number of quarries and the total production is not commensurate with the ores contained in these deserts.

accordingly, an ambitious plan has been put in place to take advantage of the positive effects and avoid the negative ones, as well as the exploration of mineral raw materials in the governorate, where several sites are being studied to be selected based on the presence of quarry raw materials with specifications that are suitable for the industries within the scope of the governorate or in the nearby governorates, in addition to the availability of elements infrastructure at or near these sites.