30/09/2013
Al-Akhbar Newspaper 2013/SEPTEMBER/30
The article discussed the food salt industry as it one of the vital industries which is owned to the country and which is engaged in the system of reviving the Egyptian Industries The article referred that the salt production in Egypt lies with 5 companies , four companies are of the public sector , The largest of these companies is Al Maks Salt Pans , but despite these companies owned to the public sector , they faced Intransigence of the affiliated governorates in seeking of maximizing the rental yield which may lead to destroy these economic entities.(Available in Arabic – German in PDF)
The article clarified that Egypt faced a shortage in the production with the increasing demand for salt with the growing phenomenon of urban sprawl on the salt pans . For example, Sabeke Salt pans in Al Arish which is considered the second greater saline in Egypt and its production of the finest quality of salt on the world level is facing urban sprawl with the existence of security chaos without any intervention of the state to secure this mine. The article referred that the absence of awareness preoccupation the concerns of home must not be a reason for wasting our wealth.