Finally, Nigeria launches home-made barite, to stop importation 2022 Story from Abah ADAH Nigeria has recorded another major breakthrough in its economic diversification campaign with an official launch of Nigeria-made barite on Thursday in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Barite is a key industrial mineral whose overwhelming majority is used by the Petroleum Industry as a weighting material in the formulation of drilling mud. READ ALSO: Nigerian-made barite to save country US$300m annually – Minister Nigeria as an oil-producing country is depending on the importation of the mineral, due to complaints of poor...