Solid Minerals
Solid Minerals
Over 40 different types of minerals have been identified across the country, including gold, barite, bentonite, limestone, coal, bitumen, iron ore, tantalite/columbite, lead/zinc, barites, gemstones, granite, marble, gypsum, talc, iron ore, lead, lithium, and silver. However, based on available data by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), we have identified seven priority minerals for focused development, due to the commerciality of the estimated deposits, market demands and their capacity to accelerate overall economic development through industrial linkages. The priority minerals are:
- Flourite Ore
- Lithium Ore
- Mica Sheets
- Mica Scrap
Flourite Ore
Africa as a whole including Nigeria is richly blessed with abundant natural resources both vastly deposited ones and in traces and fluorite is one of them, fluorite is found in traces in Taraba State, the northern part of Nigeria.
Our Flourite Ore Specifications are listed below:
Specification
CaF2: 80% min
SiO2: 13%
CaCO3: 3%
S: < 0.1%
Lithium Ore
Lithium and other mineral resources that Nigeria, Western Africa are blessed with are a major means for industrial growth in the country.
Lithium is a metal and is soft with a silvery-white colour which changes to a dull silvery-grey colour and then to black tarnish on exposure to moist air and this occurs due to corrosion of the surface. It is found in Nasarawa and is deposited in abundance in the State.
Lithium is located in group 1 (alkali metals group) of the periodic table, it has an atomic number 3 and the symbol of Li, the boiling point of lithium is 1,342 °C, and its melting point is 180.5 °C.
Its occurrence in nature has never been in a free state but appears only in ionic compounds such as petalite which was and is still a major source of lithium today. Nigeria is abundantly blessed with varying natural mineral deposits, but more than half of these mineral reserves such as Lithium are undeveloped and it has been a major concern that Nigeria though rich in minerals which total to about 44 still don’t have adequate plans on how these endowed minerals can be of benefit to the nation.
And as the government has been more concerned about crude oil exploration, refining and sales, these minerals have been left to be mined illegally where the health of the people and the safety of the environment are not considered at all.
Our Lithium Ore or Lithium Concentrate Mineral Trade Specifications are listed below:
Origin: Nigeria
Mineral Type: Lithium Ore / Lepidolite / Amblygonite / Spodumene / Petalite
Physical Specification: Based On Buyer’s Specification
Quantity: Based On Buyer’s Specification
Price: Negotiable / Metric Tonne
Trade Process: Ex Works/FOB/CIF
Payment Method: 100% irrevocable SBLC or L/C at sight from a top 25 prime bank
Shipping Time: 25 days after confirmation of L/C
Loading Port: Lagos, Nigeria
Specification
Properties
Al2O3: 35.18%
Li2O: >5%
Na2O: 0.31%
Fe2O3: 0.10%
P: 20.56%
Mica Scrap
Mica is widely distributed all over Nigeria. Substantial quantities are found in the siliceous gneisses and pegmatite of Moriki district in Zamfara State, also in Kogi, Rivers, Nassarawa, Ogun, Ekiti and some other states. By virtue of its chemical and physical properties, mica has historically found a niche in a range of industries. In the last two or three centuries the range of uses has been widened.
Obtained from Mica Mines, Mica scrap is a form that cannot be used as sheet Mica due to its size and quality or both. Screened over 1/2 square inch openings, these have an average size of 12-50mm with their thickness ranging anywhere from 0.15-5mm. Mica Scrap should ideally be clean, dry, hard, free from mineral & non mineral impurities such as quartz, feldspar, garnet, tourmaline, stones, mud stained or biotite mica, clay, sand and other inclusions such as wood leaves, straw, iron contents etc.
Specification
Color: White/Ruby/Stopped
Thickness: 1 – 5mm
Diameter: 12 – 125mm
Impurities: < 2%
Moisture: < 3%
Mica Form: crude mica block, mica sheet, mica waste, mica scrap
Properties: No red mud, no black spots, no stones, no sticks.
Mica Sheet
Natural mica sheet (Irregular Shape, or Regular Shape) is made of thick mica by stripping, thickening, cutting, drilling or punching, with certain thickness and shape. The product is suitable for TV sets, power capacitors, thermal relays, monitoring displays, aerospace, aviation, communications, radar, heat resistant frame sheet and other raw and auxiliary materials.
We provide our customers with the best Quality Transparent Mica.
We are specialised manufacturers of glass mica in various sizes
We use high quality mica and expert works to produce high quality product for our buyers.
Mica is widely distributed all over Nigeria. Substantial quatities are found in the siliceous gneisses and pegmatite of Moriki district in Zamfara State, also in Kogi, Rivers, Nassarawa, Ogun, Ekiti and some other states. By virtue of its chemical and physical properties, mica has historically found a niche in a range of industries. In the last two or three centuries the range of uses has been widened.