EMISAL

INTRODUCTION
The Egyptian Company for Salts and Minerals (EMISAL) is an
Egyptian joint stock company subject to the provisions of the Law
of Investment of Arab and Foreign Capital and Free Zones No. 43
of 1974 and amended by Law No. 230 of 1989, established in
1984 with a capital of LE 76.25 million for the purpose of extracting
economic salts from Qaroun Lake. Production of Sodium Sulphate,
Sodium Sulphide and Magnesium Sulphate Salt as well as the
possibility of producing other salts such as boron, bromine and
potassium salts in order to preserve Qaroun Lake from the rise of
continuous salts and protect marine life from environmental
.protection and preservation

The production of salts from Qaroun Lake depends on the

exploitation of solar energy through natural evaporation, which
leads to the concentration of salinity of pond water to the
appropriate concentration of salt extraction, which is 360 g / liter. It
contains four main basins with a total area of 1750 Acre, Refer to
.the company's factories

Sodium Sulphate Factory was established in the maximum area

allocated to the company and consists of the factory's main factory
unit, the packing unit and the complete product store. It occupies a
1500 m2 area of four levels. One of the German companies
established the factory and monitored the production line in the
.initial period of operation

Food salt is not only a food item, but an important industry

material. It is considered the main raw material in the caustic soda
industry for the manufacture of soap, artificial silk, oil refining,
spinning, weaving and so on. It is the main source of chlorine for
water purification, some petrochemical products, bleaching and
paper making. It is used for melting snow in Europe and America,
in boilers, in the feed industry, and in addition to its important

The Company Ponds are consist of four ponds as shown in Figure 1

POND 1:
Pond 1 Area of ( 2.32 km2 ) ,The
production of salts from Qaroun Lake
depends on the exploitation of solar
energy through natural evaporation,
which leads to the concentration of salinity
of pond water to the appropriate
concentration 70 g / liter , then leave to
pond 2

POND 2:
Pond 2 Area of ( 1.1 km2 ) , By exploitation
of solar energy through natural evaporation,
which leads to the concentration of salinity
of pond water to the appropriate
concentration 140 g / liter , then leave to
pond 3.

POND 3:
Pond 3 Area of ( 1.4 km2 ) , By exploitation
of solar energy through natural
evaporation, which leads to the
concentration of salinity of pond water to
the appropriate concentration 250 g / liter ,
then leave to pond 4.
POND 4:
Pond 4 Area of ( 0.63 km2 ) , By
exploitation of solar energy through
natural evaporation, which leads to the
concentration of salinity of pond water to
the appropriate concentration 350 g / liter
, then leave to Storage ponds (NACL
Ponds).

Storage ponds (NACL

Basic Data On EMISAL

Nature:
An Egyptian joint stock company, established according to the
Law No. 43/1974 and its amendment through the Law No. 230/1989 of
The Arab and Foreign Investment and Free Zones.
Company Objectives :

The extraction of salts from Lake Qarun as follows:

Anhydrous sodium sulphate (Na2SO4), with a production capacity of 120 000

T/Y.
Sodium Chloride (NaCl) with a production capacity of 150 000 T/Y.

Magnesium Sulphate ( Mg2SO4.7H2O) with a production capacity of 27 000 T/Y.

Company Capital :
The Companys issued capital is 82350000 million Egyptian pounds
(2010) divided into 82350000 shares, one hundred Egyptian pounds
each.

Shareholders and Their Equity :

The shareholders of the company are some Egyptian Banks, Public Sector Companies
and the Fayoum Governorate as shown in the following Table (1).

Number of Value in Percent

No. Shareholders
shares M.Pound Contribution
1 The National Bank of Egypt 410.103 41,043,200 49.8 %
2 The National Investment Bank 140.421 14,042,100 17.05%
3 Chemical Industries Company 107.961 10,796,100 13.11%
4 Misr Re-Insurance Company 67.527 6,572,700 8.2%
5 Industrial Development Bank 54.022 5,402,200 6.56%
Development Fund, Fayoum
6 Governorate 43.151 4,315,100 5.24%

SALT EXTRACTION
* Water from the Lake is pumped into concentration ponds to be
concentrated by solar energy until it reaches the last pond with a salinity
as much as 10 times From original salinity of the Lake
* The concentrated brine from the 4th pond is pumped into the sodium
sulphate plant where it is cooled to crystatize hydrous sodium
sulphate, Na2SO4 , H2o (Glauber Salt) which is then dehydrated or
anhydrous sodium sulphate, then packed.
* The residual mother liquor, after the recovery of sodium sulphate, is
discharged into a set of auxiliary evaporation ponds where sodium
chloride (NaCl) is crystatize . It is then harvested, and taken into washing
and purification plant, then packed
* The residual bittern, enriched in magnesium salts, is then discharged
into a final set of ponds where it is stored as the raw material for
extracting magnesium sulphate (MgSO4.7H2O) and ultra pure sodium
chloride (NaCl) salt as secondry product .

Production of Anhydrous Sodium Sulphate

1- Uses Of Sodium Sulphate (Na2SO4)

The demand for sodium sulphate is increasing in both the

local and international markets. It has a wide range of
uses , in detergents and other industrial purposes such as
glass, textile dyeing , paper, medical industries, animal
feed and some compound fertilizers.

2- Specifications of EMISAL Sodium Sulphate Product

Item Analysis
Na2SO4 99 % minimum
NaCl 0.5 % maximum
Humidity 0.2 % maximum
Specific gravity 1.3-1.4 g/cm3
Shape free flowing crystals
Colour snow-white, 90% as compared with barium sulphate
pH Between 6-7 for the 1% solution
1- The Local Market :
The anhydrous sodium sulphate produced by EMISAL was well
received by the local market. Now it covers all its demand.
Total production during the period 1997 2008 is 1.3 million
tons.
2-Export :
After satisfying the local market, EMISAL exports a substantial
part of its production to the neighboring countries including
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Turkey, Sudan,
Ereteria, Tunisia, Morocco and Others
Sodium Chloride(NaCl) salt

Production of Sodium Chloride(NaCl) salt

Specifications of EMISAL Sodium Chloride Salt ( NaCl )
Product.

Analysis Edible Salt Industrial Salt

NaCl Min99% Min. 99%
Moisture Content Max 0.30 % Max. 4.00 %
Impurities soluble in water Max.1.00 % Max.0.80%
Min.30 ppm
Iodine content (KIO3)
Max.70 ppm
< 1mm < 1 mm
Granulometry
Min.90 % Min. 80% (dried sample )
Appearance Free flowing without lumps.
 Marketing Of EMISAL Sodium Chloride
The marketing policy of the company moves along two lines.
i)To cover the domestic need and protect the Egyptian consumer
from going back to imported salt .
ii) Export the surplus production to the international markets .
a- The Local Market :
The sodium chloride produced by EMISAL was well received by the
local market. Now it covers all its demand.
b-Export :
After satisfying the local market, EMISAL exports a substantial part
of its production to the neighboring countries including Saudi
Arabia, Morocco, Palestine and Malta.
BONO
Fine lodized Table Salt
Free Flowing & Fine Grained
EMISAL produces fine Iodized table salt with capacity of 75
thousand tons per year
High quality salt
Mantaine the blood equilibrium
Increase the mental capability
Protect against IDD
Composition
Acquire the international quality certification
Sodium Chloride 99% Min
Postassium iodate 30 70 Ppm
Humidity 0.3% Max
Water insoluble impurities <0.15%
Water soluble impurities <1.0%
 Salt for textile industries

Transfer the dyes to the fiber surface efficiently.

Good adsorption of dyes on the fiber surface.
Excellent penetration of the dyes through the fiber.
Complete consumption for dyes.
Reduce the time of preparation of salt solution.

Chemical Properties

Sodium chloride (dry basis) 98.5% Min

Total hardness for solution of 5% 6Max (German standard

Sodium Chloride

Salt for chlorkali industries

Reduce the cost of the chemical treatment

Low Ca and Mg content.

Low Sulphate content.

Chemical Properties

Sodium chloride (dry basis) 98.5% Min

Moisture 4 % Max
Ca + Mg 0.1% Max
Epsom Salt ( MgSO4.7H2O)

Magnesium Sulphate-Epsom Salt (MgSO4.7H2 O)

In the third stage of the project, magnesium sulphate is to be recovered

from the bittern left after the extraction of sodium sulphate and sodium
chloride, to produce Epsum salt as the end product by disolving-
crystallization process and evaporation of the bittern with multiple effect
evaporators to remove sod chloride and cooling the Discharge by chillers
to produce high purity Eposm salt .
Production is now recovered since first of February 2008,Total
production the period 2008 - 2010 is 35 thousand tons.
Production capacity is 27 Thousand tons per year

Chemical properties :

MgSO4+7H2O Min 98%

Magnesium Max 9.7%
Sulphur Max 12.7%
Chloride Max 0.6%

The uses of Magnesium Solphate (MgSO4+7H2O)

The Magnesium Sulphate product will be consumes as plant

nutrition and as soil conditioner especially in vegetables and
fruits forming.