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COLUMBITE ORE EXPORT IN NIGERIA

COLUMBITE ORE EXPORT IN NIGERIA

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Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [(Fe, Mn)Nb2O6], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese.

Description

The Nigeria nation is blessed with abundant mineral resources; fossil fuels and solid minerals. The most popular being the fossil fuels since these constitute the nation’s greatest foreign exchange earner. They have, therefore, tended to overshadow the solid mineral sector of mining industry.

The mineral spread in Nigeria is significant with evidence of 34 different minerals distributed in Nigeria’s richly endowed geology. Though not all the mineral occurrences will ultimately have enough reserves to be of viable interest to mining companies, the Nigerian government is leaving no stone unturned in its increasingly sustained efforts to delineate and objectively demonstrate the potential and encourage investments in all.

Nigeria has excellent and very significant deposits of columbite and Foraminifera Market Research seeks to expose the investment opportunity in the export of the product through this feasibility report.

Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [(Fe, Mn)Nb2O6], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese.

This mineral group was first found in Haddam, USA. It forms a series with the tantalum-dominant analogue ferrotantalite and one with the manganese-dominant analogue manganocolumbite. The iron-rich member of the columbite group is ferrocolumbite. Some tin and tungsten may be present in the mineral. Yttrocolumbite is the yttrium-rich columbite with the formula (Y,U,Fe)(Nb,Ta)O4. It is a radioactive mineral found in Mozambique.

Columbite has the same composition and crystal symmetry (orthorombic) as tantalite. In fact, the two are often grouped together as a semi-singular mineral series called columbite-tantalite or coltan in many mineral guides. However, tantalite has a much greater specific gravity than columbite, more than 8.0 compared to columbite’s 5.2.

Columbite is also very similar to tapiolite. Those minerals have same chemical composition but different crystal symmetry: orthorhombic for columbite and tetragonal for tapiolite. The largest documented single crystal of columbite consisted of plates 6 millimetres (0.24 in) thick measuring 76 by 61 centimetres (30 × 24 in).

Source of columbite ore used as an alloy of steel to form weldable high speed steel for radio transmitting valves, heat sensitive detective devices called barometer, for jet engines and other aircraft components.

There is no available data on the volume of columbite deposit in Nigeria. They are known to occurrence in the following states Plateau, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kogi, Kwaara and Nasarawa States.

The market for columbite ore especially the overseas market in China is large, expanding and sustainable because of the numerous uses of tin ore. Buyers usually would like to secure steady source of supply of these products.

An exporter that is able to secure a contract at the right price would have an uphill task meeting the demand of the buyer because the output from the mines in Nigeria is low due to the use of crude implement. You can imagine a situation whereby the daily need of the factory of the buyer is 600/MT and the exporter would struggle to supply 500/MT on a monthly basis.

The return on investment on the export of columbite ore is estimated between 10%- 20%.

Report Details

Report Type: Feasibility Report
Formats of Delivery: MS WORD
No. of Pages: 21
Product Code: FORA/08/2011/037/78556
Publisher: Foraminifera Market Research
Release Date: 02/10/2013; Updated Every 3- Months
Delivery time: 24– 48hours

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Business Opportunity
1.3 Country Background
2. Technical Analysis
2.1 The Project
2.2 Product Description
2.3 Product Location and Distribution
2.4 Legal Considerations
2.4.1 Pre-Export Documentations in Nigeria
2.4.2 Post-Export Documentations (Exchange Control Documents)
3. Opportunity
3.1 Market Overview
3.2 Demand and Supply
3.3 Customer Profile
3.4 Primary Competition
3.5 Competitive Advantage
4. Managing Contract Negotiations and Export Operations
5. Socio- Economic and SWOT Analysis of the Project
5.1.1 Generation of Employment
5.1.2 Source of Government Revenue
5.1.3 Foreign Exchange Generation
5.1.4 Technological Transfer
5.1.5 Increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
5.2 SWOT Analysis
6. Risk Identification and Mitigation Strategy
6.2 Critical Success Factor
7. Financial Analysis

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