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How to start Diatomite Mining In Nigeria
Diatomite is the naturally occurring fossilized remains of
diatoms. Diatomite is a sedimentary deposit which entirely
consists of silica. Countries such as China, U.S., Denmark,
Japan, Mexico and CIS were the major producers of diatomite in
past few years.
The properties such as high surface area, low density,
abrasiveness, high porosity, inertness, insulating properties,
high silica content, absorptive capacity and brightness makes
diatomite a valuable material in the market. The mining and
extraction process of diatomite is complicated.
Diatomite mining and processing requires heavy earthmoving
equipments and huge processing facilities. To get the desired
grade of diatomite is highly energy intensive process. Diatomite
can absorb liquid three times the weight of its own.
It is expected that in near future existing deposits will cover
global demand for the product; however, new high-purity
diatomite deposits are needed to be identified.
The market for diatomite was driven by vanity of end-user
industries such as water treatment, crop protection chemicals
and absorbent among others. Huge demand for diatomite from
filtration mediums has been the major factor for the growth of
diatomite in past few years. In industrial applications,
diatomite is used for transportation of nitroglycerin. In
filtration, diatomite is used in filtering medium in swimming
pools.
In chemistry, diatomite is used as filtration aid for the
filtration of fine particles in the solutions. In abrasive
industry, diatomite is used as a mild abrasive in toothpaste,
facial scrubs and metal polishes. In crop protection chemicals,
diatomite is used in fungicides, insecticides and rodenticide
among others. Diatomite is used as absorbent in various
applications such as excess oil spills, ethylene gas and other
toxic liquid spills.
Other examples of the universe of products and uses which
benefit from diatomite include dental fillings, seed coatings,
roofing compounds, adhesives, sealants, matches, oil drilling
compounds, specialty concretes, and paper.
The demand for milled diatomite is quite high in Nigeria and the
raw material is also available in commercial quantity.
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The demand for milled diatomite is quite high in Nigeria and the
raw material is also available in commercial quantity. The
production capacity of the proposed milling plant is one point
five (1.5) tons per hour and the plant would operate at eighty
percent (80%) of the installed capacity for three hundred (300)
working days per annum for ten (10) hours per day and producing
six hundred (600) tons of milleddiatomite bi-monthly packed in
fifty (50) kilogramm Polypropylene (PP) woven sacks with input
output ratio of 1:0.95. This report seeks to examine the
financial viability or otherwise of establishing a diatomite
milling plant in Nigeria.
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