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Nigeria Rare Earth Processing Facility

Sector: Nuclear • Location: Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Source: Discovery Alert

Project
Operational

A $400 million rare earth processing plant in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, designed to process monazite-bearing heavy mineral sands and other critical minerals. The facility focuses on downstream processing to capture higher value in the rare earth supply chain, leveraging Nigeria's petroleum processing expertise. It targets a diversified mineral portfolio including rare earths, platinum group metals,

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Nuclear, Warehouse, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing (Industrial)
Location
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Discovery Alert

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The project “Nigeria Rare Earth Processing Facility” is an infrastructure initiative in the Nuclear sector, located in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Discovery Alert.

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Under Construction

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2026-07-22

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A $400 million rare earth processing plant in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, designed to process monazite-bearing heavy mineral sands and other critical minerals. The facility focuses on downstream processing to capture higher value in the rare earth supply chain, leveraging Nigeria's petroleum processing expertise. It targets a diversified mineral portfolio including rare earths, platinum group metals, uranium, and chromium, with an annual capacity of 12,000 tonnes of monazite concentrate feedstock.

Original sector

Industrial Infrastructure

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Location

Country

Nigeria

State

Nasarawa State

Source

Source

Discovery Alert

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Sector

Nuclear, Warehouse, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing (Industrial)

Article published date

2025-12-17

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