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Nigeria

West Africa

NGA
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Limestone

Industrial Mineral • limestone • 3 deposit(s)

Resource base ~2.3 trillion tonnes, 568 million proved. Major cement raw material. Nigeria self-sufficient in cement (48+ MTPA capacity). Dangote, BUA, Lafarge operations.

Obajana Limestone Deposit

Kogi

producing
Security:1/5Regulatory:1/5Environmental:2/5
Proved647.00M tonne(in-place)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:proved
Confidence:90%
As of:2024-06-30
✓No data quality warnings

Sources

  • Dangote Cement Nigeria Operations
    Dangote Cement Plc, 2024
Base Case

Basis: in-place (applied)

= 15.0%

Gross Value

$8.25Bmodeled

State Value

$1.24Bmodeled

Ibese Limestone Deposit

Ogun

producing
Security:1/5Regulatory:1/5Environmental:2/5
Proved1.15B tonne(in-place)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:proved
Confidence:90%
As of:2024-06-30
✓No data quality warnings

Sources

  • Dangote Cement Nigeria Operations
    Dangote Cement Plc, 2024
Base Case

Basis: in-place (applied)

= 15.0%

Gross Value

$14.66Bmodeled

State Value

$2.20Bmodeled

Sokoto Limestone Basin

Sokoto

producing
Proved101.60M tonne(in-place)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:proved
Confidence:80%
As of:2023-12-31
✓No data quality warnings

Sources

  • Limestone Resources of Sokoto Basin
    Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, 2023
Base Case

Basis: in-place (applied)

= 15.0%

Gross Value

$1.30Bmodeled

State Value

$194.31Mmodeled