High Quality Silica Sand
Produced consistently and cost-effectively, meets customer requirements in the following applications.
Glass
Global Minerals provides a wide range of high-purity and low-iron silica sands that is ideal for glassmaking. To effectively serve the glass industry we closely monitor screen sizing for uniform particle size and distribution. By meeting these strict requirements for quality and consistency, Sphinx Silica enables its customers to realize maximum production efficiencies and cost savings.
Our silica sand is processed to cover any of these industries
1. Containers (bottles and jars)
2. Flat glass / Float glass (windows, mirrors, sheets, vehicle glazing, etc.)
3. Lighting glass (light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, etc.)
4. Tableware (lead crystal, drinking glasses, etc.)
5. TV tubes and screens
6. Decorative glass
7. Others are available upon request.
Blasting Mats
A blasting mat is a mat usually made of sliced-up rubber tire scrap bound together with ropes, cables and clamps. They are used during excavation/ rock blasting to contain the blast, prevent flying rocks and suppress dust We provide Heavy Duty, Build Solid, and Long Lasting Blasting Mats for the toughest job Best in class raw materials and methods are used to manufacture our B-Mats
Foundry Casting
Global Minerals supplies different grades of round, angular and sub-angular sands to the foundry industry for molding and core-making applications. Because of the sand’s high silica levels and our ability to meet a wide range of specifications, our customers in the foundry industry can produce high integrity castings, free of defects and with superior surface finishes.
Quality Silica sand for white cement applications
Ceramics
Ceramics: Silica sand that has been ground to fine sizes is an ingredient in most clay-based ceramic bodies and is a major constituent of ceramic glazes. Global Mineral’s sand can be applied in ceramic products such as tableware, sanity ware, wall and floor tiles, and ornaments.
Building Applications
Building Applications: Screened building silica sand is the foundation in the construction industry. Sphinx Silica produces sand with consistent color and grading that can be utilized in a series of applications including silica and aerated concrete blocks, flooring and rendering compounds, floor and roof tiles, roofing felt, white line markings and cement and resin injection systems.
Abrasives
Global Minerals offers angular or round graded sand that is used as an abrasive in many industrial processes such as sandblasting.
Golf Sands
Silica sand has become an increasingly important component in sports applications, such as golf courses and pitches. Closely graded silica sand provided by Sphinx Silica can be applied for sports surface constructions.
Pool Filters
Closely graded, angular, and white-in-color silica sand is the main element used for water filtration. Sphinx Silica screens sand to meet the strict specifications required for water treatment and sand filters.
White cement Application
Our quality silica sand Is very suitable for production of White cement. Attributes: Brilliant whiteness, Super fineness, Excellent properties and high strength. Our Silica sand fitting all properties of the finest raw material Applied in the production of the most durable white cement. Our quarries in North of Sinai sole purpose is the supply of high.