Economic advantage necessitated siting of barite cluster plant in Ugaga - Minister Story from Abah ADAH, Abuja Nigeria's Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has stated that the establishment of Barite processing plant in Ugaga, Yala local government area of Cross-River State was necessitated by the abundance of the mineral in the area and the need to reduce the burden of logistics involved in its processing. According to a statement from the ministry's Media and Public Relation's Department, Adegbite made this known recently in Ugaga while inspecting the ongoing...