Conducted a complete study on the environmental and social impacts of the construction and operation of a Phosphate factory at El-Sadat City. The factory has an annual production capacity of 400000 tons of phosphates, 415,000 tons of sulfuric acid (Conc. 98%) and 300 tons of phosphoric acid. The study was approved by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).