Post by Trade Forum on Oct 30, 2022 21:39:16 GMT 1
Limestone: How To Key Into Limestone Business In Nigeria And Export – Part 1
The level of abundance of solid minerals and other natural resources in Nigeria continues to make the nation one of the wealthiest in the world. The country is blessed with more than 120 different minerals. And as profitable as they may seem, one of the most globally demanded minerals that are in large volumes in Nigeria is the rich presence of Limestone.
International buyers all over the world are always looking to purchase Limestone from Nigeria because of its quality, abundance, and reasonable price.
Limestone is a common type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate. Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium, according to Wikipedia.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is dominantly composed of the calcium-bearing carbonate minerals calcite and dolomite. Remember that we brought you an article on dolomite recently.
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said that the country’s mineral production rose by 39 per cent to 89.48 million tonnes in 2021 from 64.29 million in 2020.
The Bureau said that Limestone, Granite, and Laterite were the three biggest minerals mined in 2021.
Properties of Limestone:
Limestone is extremely durable. It does, however, absorb water and, since it is a carbonate rock, it is highly reactive when exposed to acids or even mildly acidic rain water, and it can suffer substantial deterioration. The most common effect of weathering and erosion is loss of precise detail.
How limestone is formed:
Limestone has two main origins:
(1) biogenic precipitation from seawater, the primary agents being lime-secreting organisms and foraminifera; and
(2) mechanical transport and deposition of preexisting limestone, forming clastic deposits. Travertine, tufa, caliche, chalk, sparite, and micrite are all varieties of limestone.
What is limestone used for?
Limestone is a source of lime (calcium oxide), which is used in steel manufacturing, mining, paper production, water treatment and purification, and plastic production. Lime also has major applications in the manufacture of glass and in agriculture.
Limestone is used extensively in road and building construction, and is a material found in aggregate, cement, building stones, chalk, and crushed stone.
In Nigeria it is used to make calcium oxide (quicklime), calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) and mortar. Limestone is also a soil conditioner in agriculture. When it is in its pulverized state, it is used for neutralizing acidic soils.
What products can you make from limestone?
Limestone is the raw material for the manufacture of quicklime (calcium oxide), slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), cement and mortar. Pulverized limestone is used as a soil conditioner to neutralize acidic soils (agricultural lime). It is crushed for use as aggregate—the solid base for many roads as well as in asphalt concrete.
Limestone deposit in Nigeria is majorly found in Cross River and Ebonyi states, but can still be found in a commercial deposits in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Ogun, Ondo, and Sokoto, making Nigeria the most richly endowed in West African when it comes to Limestone.
This is one of the mineral deposits in Nigeria that is of great proportion but it is not renewable, and unlike some of these minerals, limestone is processed and quarried by various local and international construction companies in Nigeria.
Is there gold in limestone?
Distal-disseminated silver-gold deposits are still another type of limestone related deposit. They contain silver and gold in stockworks of thin quartz and sulfide veins in limestone-rich sedimentary rock. They are not as common as the Carlin-type, but have still yielded millions of ounces of gold and silver.
How can you tell if a rock is limestone?
If you look closely at a limestone, you can usually see fossil fragments (for example, bits of shell held together by a calcite matrix. Limestone is more porous than marble, because there are small openings between the fossil fragments.
Stay with us. In our next article on limestone we are going to look at how you can enter into the lucrative export business of limestone from Nigeria.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today. We train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
The level of abundance of solid minerals and other natural resources in Nigeria continues to make the nation one of the wealthiest in the world. The country is blessed with more than 120 different minerals. And as profitable as they may seem, one of the most globally demanded minerals that are in large volumes in Nigeria is the rich presence of Limestone.
International buyers all over the world are always looking to purchase Limestone from Nigeria because of its quality, abundance, and reasonable price.
Limestone is a common type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate. Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium, according to Wikipedia.
Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is dominantly composed of the calcium-bearing carbonate minerals calcite and dolomite. Remember that we brought you an article on dolomite recently.
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said that the country’s mineral production rose by 39 per cent to 89.48 million tonnes in 2021 from 64.29 million in 2020.
The Bureau said that Limestone, Granite, and Laterite were the three biggest minerals mined in 2021.
Properties of Limestone:
Limestone is extremely durable. It does, however, absorb water and, since it is a carbonate rock, it is highly reactive when exposed to acids or even mildly acidic rain water, and it can suffer substantial deterioration. The most common effect of weathering and erosion is loss of precise detail.
How limestone is formed:
Limestone has two main origins:
(1) biogenic precipitation from seawater, the primary agents being lime-secreting organisms and foraminifera; and
(2) mechanical transport and deposition of preexisting limestone, forming clastic deposits. Travertine, tufa, caliche, chalk, sparite, and micrite are all varieties of limestone.
What is limestone used for?
Limestone is a source of lime (calcium oxide), which is used in steel manufacturing, mining, paper production, water treatment and purification, and plastic production. Lime also has major applications in the manufacture of glass and in agriculture.
Limestone is used extensively in road and building construction, and is a material found in aggregate, cement, building stones, chalk, and crushed stone.
In Nigeria it is used to make calcium oxide (quicklime), calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) and mortar. Limestone is also a soil conditioner in agriculture. When it is in its pulverized state, it is used for neutralizing acidic soils.
What products can you make from limestone?
Limestone is the raw material for the manufacture of quicklime (calcium oxide), slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), cement and mortar. Pulverized limestone is used as a soil conditioner to neutralize acidic soils (agricultural lime). It is crushed for use as aggregate—the solid base for many roads as well as in asphalt concrete.
Limestone deposit in Nigeria is majorly found in Cross River and Ebonyi states, but can still be found in a commercial deposits in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Ogun, Ondo, and Sokoto, making Nigeria the most richly endowed in West African when it comes to Limestone.
This is one of the mineral deposits in Nigeria that is of great proportion but it is not renewable, and unlike some of these minerals, limestone is processed and quarried by various local and international construction companies in Nigeria.
Is there gold in limestone?
Distal-disseminated silver-gold deposits are still another type of limestone related deposit. They contain silver and gold in stockworks of thin quartz and sulfide veins in limestone-rich sedimentary rock. They are not as common as the Carlin-type, but have still yielded millions of ounces of gold and silver.
How can you tell if a rock is limestone?
If you look closely at a limestone, you can usually see fossil fragments (for example, bits of shell held together by a calcite matrix. Limestone is more porous than marble, because there are small openings between the fossil fragments.
Stay with us. In our next article on limestone we are going to look at how you can enter into the lucrative export business of limestone from Nigeria.
Our company is one of the best companies in Agro-Export Business in Nigeria today. We train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Export Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
