Barite is the least glamorous mineral we handle and quite possibly the most commercially sensible. Nigeria's oil and gas industry consumes it by the tonne as drilling mud weighting agent, and the country has spent years importing material it is sitting on top of.
Barite
Barium Sulphate (BaSO4)
A Domestic Market That Already Exists
Barite does not need an export buyer to be worth mining. The demand is here, in Nigerian drilling operations, and the only real question is whether a parcel meets API specification.
API 13A Focus
Drilling grade barite is defined by specification, not appearance. We work to the API 13A benchmark.
Specific Gravity Controlled
The whole value of drilling barite is its density. Every lot is checked against the 4.20 minimum.
Import Substitution
Supplying Nigerian drillers from Nigerian ground, rather than importing what the Benue Trough already holds.