The Federal Government says the country has attained self-sufficiency in Barite production and will no longer need to import the mineral from October this year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Barite is a mineral that is used in the oil and gas industry. Nigeria imports about 300 million dollars’ worth of barite every year from Morocco. “Thank God, in October 2021, we were able to inaugurate made in Nigeria barite only produced in Nigeria up to industrial standard and it meets international standards and is measured by the American Petroleum Institute (API). He identified the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as factors frustrating the completion of the steel project.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2022 12:25 UTC