Uranium (U) and rare earth elements (REEs) play a significant role in the evaluation and follow-up of the ecological impacts of phosphate mining and industrial activities. Fifteen representative phosphate ore samples were collected from the phosphate mines El-Jalamid (8 samples) and Umm Wu’al (4 samples) in Saudi Arabia and El-Sibayia (3 samples) in Egypt and analyzed for U and REEs using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
