On the second day of the International Conference on the Oily Clay and the non-traditional sources of energy for the sustainable development in Africa, held in Al-Quseir City, Red Sea Governorate and organized by the Centre for South Valley Development, Assiut University, a paper was submitted by a group of Assiut University scientists entitled: "Egyptian Black Clay as a Non-traditional Source of energy." The paper studied the black Egyptian clay at places of its existence in the Western Sahara, the Nile Valley, and Red Coast in order to examine the possibility of its usage as fuel in cement industry and other industries. Researchers have assured, by means of Chemical analyses, the validity of the Clay in the Palm Valley, Red Sea for the purpose.