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Nigeria

West Africa

NGA

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Sand & Gravel

Industrial Mineral • construction_aggregate • 1 deposit(s)

Nigeria has abundant sand and gravel resources. Critical for construction boom. Lagos alone consumes millions of tonnes annually. River sand, beach sand, and quarry aggregates. Environmental concerns from illegal dredging.

Nigerian Sand & Gravel Resources

Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Niger, Kogi, Benue, Nationwide

producing

Security:2/5Regulatory:2/5Environmental:4/5

Measured1.00B tonne(in-place)

📊Data Quality

Quality Tier:measured

Confidence:50%

As of:2024-12-31

Warnings

ℹ️No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Sources

Construction Materials in Nigeria
Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, 2024

No valuation scenarios defined for this estimate.

Notes: Effectively unlimited. Nigeria consumes ~100M tonnes/year for construction. Resources not systematically quantified but abundant.