Description: Due to the influence of its vast oil resources. The domestic mining industry is underdeveloped, leading to Nigeria having to import minerals that it could produce domestically, such as salt or iron ore. The Agbaja mine is a large iron mine located in central Nigeria in the Kogi West district. Agbaja represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in Nigeria and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.5 to 2 Billion tonnes of ore grading 48%-53% iron (Fe) metal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agbaja_mine . Other significant reserves in Nigeria include:Koto Karfe (Kogi state): 850 Million Tons. Itakpe (Kogi state) 310 Million Tons. Kogi is Nigeria's dominant Iron ore player. Other States where iron ore occurrences have been discovered include Nasarawa, Sokoto, Kaduna, Oyo, Osun, Bauchi, Borno and Benue. There are over 5 billion metric tonnes of iron ore deposits in the country
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