In Egypt, there are over a thousand million tons of high-quality silica sand. Which supply the glass industries, paints, foundries, chemicals, and ceramics. Sodium Silica (Solid or liquid) Used as a Raw Material in Detergents, Pulp and Paper, Ceramic Industry and manufacturing of Titanium Di-Oxide.
In the manufacturing of welding electrodes and fine chemicals such as Silica Gel and Precipitated Silica. It is also used for peroxide bleaching in textiles, as a binder in the foundry, as a drilling fluid, for soil solidification, petroleum processing, mineral beneficiation pigments, waterproofing mortars, and cement, impregnating wood in ore and water treatment.