Chemicals News
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Egypt’s Chemical Exports Climb to $4.6 B in H1 2025
Exports to these top ten markets rose to $2.719 billion in H1 2025, up from $2.13 billion in the same period last year.
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Can Egypt’s chemical sector drive its economic comeback?
At the heart of this push is the chemical and fertilizer industry, now expected to generate over $11 billion in export revenue by the end of 2025.
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El Sewedy Capital Signs MoU for Phosphate Exploration in El-Sebaeya Mines
After the signing, Badawi affirmed that the Egyptian mining sector is an important promising pillar of the national economy.
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Egypt, China Sign Big Chemical Factory Deal
This is a historic move that will enable us to shift from exporting raw materials to launching an integrated industrial value chain
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Egyptian Firms Sign Final Contracts with Chinese Consortium to Build Chemical Plant
Egyptian participants in the project include leading fertilizer producer, Abu Qir Fertilizers, state-owned Misr Phosphate and others.
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Egypt's fertiliser producers cut output as gas supplies slashed
The cuts come as Egypt faces growing gas supply challenges ahead of the peak summer season, with the government scrambling to secure additional gas.
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Egypt & China sign Red Sea Petrochemicals design contracts
Egypt signed contracts with a joint Egyptian-Chinese venture for phase one design of the Red Sea Petrochemicals Complex in Ain Sokhna.
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Egypt’s Chemical Industry Plans for Expansion
The sector encompasses a diverse range of subfields, including plastics, rubber, paper, detergents, paints, chemicals, fertilizers, and glass.
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Methanex Egypt, petroleum ministry sign MoU to boost process safety management in oil, gas, petrochemical sectors
Karim Badawi, minister of petroleum and mineral resources, and key oil and gas industry representatives witnessed the signing.
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KIMA Signs Agreement with Al-Sharq Al-Haqiqi for Silico-Manganese Alloy Production
The agreement grants Al-Sharq Al-Haqiqi the rights to operate the furnace, owned by KIMA, which was rehabilitated at a cost of EGP53 million.
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Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical to Boost Operations with $2.91B Investments
As part of the project, the company will shut down 18 existing oil refining units and install new ones.
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Asia Potash announces phosphate fertilizer complex plan in Egypt
The complex will have a total production capacity of 10 mn tons of phosphate once fully operational.
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Egypt records increase in exports of chemical and fertiliser products in 2024
Exports of petrochemical products also showed growth, increasing by 71 per cent to US$1 billion, while exports of glass products increased by 22 %.
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Business sector explores collaboration with Turkish Fertilizer Company IGSAS
Minister of Public Business Sector, Mohamed Shimi, recently met with a delegation from IGSAS, a leading Turkish fertilizer producer.
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Egypt expands in chemicals and fertilizers in 2025
Egypt is gearing up to strengthen its global presence in the chemical and fertilizer industries with a series of trade missions planned for 2025.
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SCZone partners with pearl group for new polyurethane factory in Ain Sokhna
Covering 5,000 square meters, this new project represents an initial investment of EGP 100 million and is expected to create around 45 jobs.
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Egyptian Cabinet approves new investments in Flax Production, Potassium Sulfate Plant
The Egyptian Cabinet has greenlit a proposal to establish a private free zone named Kingdom for Flax, with an estimated investment of $60 million.
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SCZone witnesses $30M groundbreaking ceremony for Chemtics Egypt Chemicals project
The Chemtics project unfolds in two phases, with the first phase scheduled for completion and the start of production by May 1, 2025.
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Bilfinger secures contract for Egypt's $300 million KIMA chemical plant project
With a projected daily output of 600 tonnes of nitric acid, the new facility will play a key role in increasing KIMA’s capacity.
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Egyptian consortium to set up a USD 1.2 bn chemical production plant o feed fertilizer industry
A local consortium led by Abu Tartour For Phosphoric Acid will set up a USD 1.2 bn phosphoric acid production plant.