Bastnäsite in Nigeria: A Buyer's and Exporter's Guide to Nigerian Rare Earth Ore
Bastnäsite in Nigeria: A Buyer’s and Exporter’s Guide to Nigerian Rare Earth Ore
by Kolawole King, CEO, Augustina Impex Limited
Nigeria is now one of the world’s leading sources of rare earth ore. Buyers from China, Europe, the USA and Asia are searching for reliable Nigerian bastnäsite. Most of them, and most Nigerian sellers, still don’t know how to judge the grade, price it fairly, or export it legally and safely.
This 150-page guide gives you the complete picture, from the mine pit to the processing plant abroad.
Inside you’ll learn:
- What bastnäsite is and why neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) drive its value
- Where Nigeria’s rare earths come from, with real lab results from six certified Nigerian samples
- How bastnäsite is priced: TREO, NdPr content, price adjustments for grade, penalties for impurities, and market benchmarks
- Sampling, lab testing and radioactivity (thorium and uranium) explained simply
- Nigeria’s mining and export laws, permits and documents
- Who buys Nigerian bastnäsite, what they specify, and how offers, contracts and payments work
- Inspection, packing and shipping from Lagos
- Due diligence: how buyers avoid fake sellers, and how exporters avoid fake buyers
- A real-style 50-tonne trial shipment case study
Plus 12 appendices and 10 ready-to-use toolkits, including:
- model contract clauses
- a non-circumvention agreement outline
- email templates
- a product specification sheet
- an offer template
- a value calculator
- due-diligence checklists
- a glossary
Who it’s for: foreign buyers, Nigerian exporters, miners, brokers, investors and students of the mineral trade.
Format: PDF ebook, A5, 150 pages. Instant download.
Book 1 of the Nigerian Critical Minerals Series by Augustina Impex Mining Academy.
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