September 2013
Egyptian Castle Participates in Sahara International Agricultural Exhibition
Strengthening ties with the agricultural community, Egyptian Castle Investments recently participated in Sahara International Agricultural Exhibition for Africa and the Middle East. The high profile event was held in Cairo from September 23rd – 26th 2013. Sahara International Agricultural Exhibition is Egypt’s longest running, best attended event for the agricultural sector.

In its 26th edition, the conference is a special forum for agricultural professionals across the Middle East and Africa. It offers maximum benefits for conference goers, providing the perfect environment to network with new potential partners launch new goods, win new business, and discover the latest products, trends, ideas and innovations in agriculture sector.

August 2013
Egyptian Castle Participates in AgriTech India 2013
Egyptian Castle Investments recently participated in AgriTech India 2013 held August 23rd – 25th in Bangalore, India. Supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, AgriTech India 2013 is South India’s largest exhibition on agriculture, livestock equipment, farm machinery, dairy, poultry, and agri-processing technology.

This year’s event saw the participation of hundreds of delegates and exhibitors from 25 countries and was an important opportunity to gain a better understanding of recent developments in the agricultural sector. Egyptian Castle has been exporting a range of food products such as oil, beans, salt, and flour for several years and is a core offering of the company.

The participation also underscores its ongoing strategy of expanding into promising growth markets such as India. The company also recently signed an agreement to supply the Indian market with Egyptian Rock Phosphate “ERP”.

June 2013
Egyptian Castle to Supply Indian Market with Egyptian Rock Phosphate “ERP”
Egyptian Castle Investments has signed a long term agreement with India’s RIC Company to supply the Indian market with Egyptian rock phosphate. The agreement is a multi-year agreement effective the first week of June and underscores India’s potential for Egyptian Castle as a promising new growth market.

The agreement enables Egyptian Castle to directly ship Egyptian rock phosphate of various grades to Indian ports, where RIC in turn will expedite the in-country logistics.

May 2013
Egyptian Castle Participated in Africa Global Business Forum May 1st-2nd, 2013
As Africa becomes an increasing focal point of the international business community, Egyptian Castle’s participation underscored its ongoing commitment to the continent. With strong economic growth in recent years and a now combined GDP of USD 1 trillion, the forum highlighted the significant opportunities Africa presents. Active in the region for 15 years, AGBF was also a chance for Egyptian Castle management to share insights and strengthen ties with other companies working in or seeking investment in Africa.

April 2013
Egyptian Castle Becomes a Member of the Egyptian Sudanese Business Council
With already strong trading ties and business relationships in Sudan, Egyptian Castle Investments has now become one of the founding members of the Egyptian Sudanese Business Council (ESBC). ESBC was formed April 2013 during President Morsi’s historic first visit to Sudan and is comprised of businessmen from both countries.

In a signing ceremony attended by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar Al-Bashir, the Egyptian Sudanese Business Council’s mandate is to work on boosting cooperation between the two countries. To implement this, a 14 member executive committee will be elected with half from Egypt and the other from Sudan.

From recent statistics, Egypt was Sudan’s third largest investor and the two countries plan double their trade and investment, stepping up cooperation in sectors ranging from manufacturing to tourism.

March 2013
Egyptian Castle Joins Industrial Minerals Export Council
 
Playing a role in the development of Egypt’s export and trading fields, Egyptian Castle Investments recently joined the Industrial Minerals Export Council.  Founded in September 2012, the Export Council’s objectives include promoting the export of Egyptian industrial minerals worldwide as well as developing the investment in and value added activities in Egypt’s mining industry.
 
The Industrial Minerals Export Council is comprised of leading companies in the industry and consists of 15 board members.  The Export Council is chaired by Mr. Hamdy Zaher. 

February 2013
Egyptian Castle Signs Strategic Agreement with Korea’s Global Knowledge Company
Egyptian Castle Investments, announced it has increased its investments in the MEA region by signing a strategic agreement with Korea’s Global Knowledge Company (GKC), one of the world’s foremost energy companies. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is the latest agreement between the two firms and highlights Egyptian Castle Investments growing strength and reputation in the commodities sector as well as its aggressive expansion plans.

January 2013
Egyptian Castle Participated in Fertilizer Latino Americano January 20th-22nd, 2013
Egyptian Castle Investments recently participated in the Fertilizer Latino Americano 2013 held January 20th – 22nd in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The event attracted over 500 delegates from 40 countries and was an ideal opportunity to interact with other major players in the sector to exchange views on recent industry developments and gain insight on companies’ requirements
 
Egyptian Castle’s participation highlighted its plans to expand into new markets as well as to build strategic partnerships.  The company considers fertilizers an important growth market, given growing populations and the need to enhance crop efficiencies. Egyptian Castle has a broad portfolio of fertilizer types of Egyptian origin including ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate,
liquid calcium nitrate, sulfur ammonium nitrate, NPK (19/19/19, 12/3/34, 9/0/46), magnum NP 17/44/0, monoammonium phosphate 12/61/0, calcium nitrate 15.5/0/0, monopotassium phosphate, liquid NP 11/30/0, liquid NK 3.5/0/11.5, liquid calcium nitrate 11/0/0, calcium chloride (CaCL22H2O), rock phosphate 28%, rock phosphate 30%, single super phosphate, triple super phosphate, high-density ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), low-density ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) and urea.

January 2013
Egyptian Castle Visits Brazil’s Vale Fertilizantes’ Industrial Facilities
As Egyptian Castle Investments continues to build strategic partnerships in new growth markets, company management visited Vale Fertilizantes’ Cubatão Piacaguera Industrial Complex this month, inspecting a site which produces nitrogen (ammonia, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate) and phosphate (phosphoric acid and MAP) fertilizers. The visit coincided with the company’s participation in the Fertilizer Latino Americano 2013 conference held January 20th – 22nd in São Paulo, Brazil.

Vale Fertilizantes is Brazil’s largest fertilizer producer, playing an important role in nitrogen and phosphate industries, and it is the only potash producer in the country.