Nigeria: Despite Huge Deposit, Nigeria Spends Millions On Barite Import

Despite abandoned barite deposit in Nigeria, the country still spends about $29.9 million to import 13,000 tonnes of the mineral resources annually to meet the consumption gap, a document from the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, has shown.

Barite is the primary ore of barium, extracted to make a wide variety of barium compounds. Some of these are used for x-ray shielding. It is used to make high-density concrete to block x-ray emissions in hospitals, power plants, and laboratories.

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