Grades, real laboratory data, pricing, contracts, radioactivity, export rules and due diligence. Everything you need to buy or sell Nigerian rare earth ore with confidence, from the pit to the processing plant.
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Buyers from China, Europe, the United States and Asia are searching for Nigerian bastnäsite. Prices are rising, China has tightened export controls, and magnet makers want new sources of neodymium and praseodymium.
Yet most enquiries never become shipments. Sellers quote without certified assays. Buyers can’t tell real producers from brokers. Nobody agrees how TREO, NdPr, moisture or thorium affect the price.
This book closes that gap. It explains the mineral, the market and the paperwork in plain language, and gives you the templates to act on it.
Each part builds on the last, so a newcomer can read straight through and an experienced trader can jump to the chapter they need.
The seventeen metals, what bastnäsite is, the global market and how concentrate is valued.
Where Nigerian rare earths come from, what they really contain, and how they are mined and upgraded.
How to prove what is in the bag, handle radioactivity questions, and stay inside the law.
Who buys, what they specify, how offers are structured and how a cargo moves from a Nigerian warehouse to a plant abroad.
Due diligence, a practical exporter’s guide, a risk register, and where the industry is heading.
Chapter 6 and Appendix 2 work through six ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory certificates for Nigerian bastnäsite concentrate. You will learn to read TREO, the rare earth distribution, impurities and radioactivity the way a professional buyer does.
The book also shows you how to convert these numbers into kilograms of NdPr per tonne and into a fair price.
| Sample | TREO % | NdPr % of TREO | Fe₂O₃ % | Th / U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 59.12 | 26.89 | 4.09 | ND |
| B | 69.67 | 21.96 | 2.05 | ND |
| C | 68.12 | 21.11 | 2.02 | ND |
| D | 71.64 | 21.24 | 0.81 | ND |
| E | 57.23 | 23.06 | 13.42 | ND |
| F | 70.23 | 17.99 | 0.75 | ND |
| Average | 66.00 | 22.04 | 3.86 | ND |
ND = not detected (detection limit 0.0001%). Producer details are anonymised in the book.
Clean A5 layout with tables, worked examples and checklists you can use straight away.
Twelve appendices go deeper, and ten toolkits turn the book into a working handbook.
A buyer-ready spec for bastnäsite concentrate.
Price, quantity, Incoterm, inspection and payment.
With a chain-of-custody record.
Verify the company, title, permits and product.
From TREO and NdPr to a price per tonne.
Element to oxide for all rare earths.
Pricing, assays, umpire, payment and penalties.
Enquiry replies, sample dispatch, inspection orders.
What each rare earth is used for and why it matters.
Traders, processors and magnet supply chains sourcing rare earth concentrate from Nigeria.
Sellers who want to price correctly, pass inspection and get paid safely.
Producers who want to upgrade ore and capture more value.
Intermediaries who need to protect commissions and credibility.
Anyone weighing an entry into Nigeria’s rare earth sector.
Learners at the Augustina Impex Mining Academy and beyond.
Kolawole King is the Chief Executive Officer of Augustina Impex Limited, a solid minerals trading company based in Jos, Plateau State, at the heart of Nigeria’s mining belt. He works daily with producers, laboratories, exporters and international buyers of Nigerian minerals, including rare earth concentrates.
He founded the Augustina Impex Mining Academy to teach the practical side of mining and mineral exports in Nigeria. He is also the author of From Pit to Port and Buying Minerals from Nigeria.
Kolawole KingChief Executive Officer, Augustina Impex Limited
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No. It is written for foreign buyers as much as for Nigerian sellers. It explains Nigerian law, procedures and terms so an international reader can follow every step.
Market figures were checked in October 2026 and are clearly marked as indicative. The book teaches you how to price from current market data, so the method stays useful as prices change.
Yes. It analyses six certified Nigerian bastnäsite certificates in full. The producer’s identity is anonymised.
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This is Book 1 of the Nigerian Critical Minerals Series. Books on monazite sand and lithium ore in Nigeria are coming next. Also available: From Pit to Port and Buying Minerals from Nigeria.