Technical Brief on Minerals in Nigeria: Trona, 2004

                                                                                        ISBN: 978-2043-22-2

Trona also known as potash is one of the complex salts used for the production of soda ash, for cooking of hard food materials such as skin, bones, etc.  It can also be used as feed for cattle and other animals.  The biggest use of trona is in the manufacture of glass.  It is also used in chemical, metal treatment, soaps and detergent, water treatment, pulp and paper, textiles, petroleum refining, leather tanning, photography, fertilizers, flue gas desulphurisation and animal feeds.  The brief which is a revised edition of the one published in 1996 focuses attention on occurrence, location of deposits, quality and reserve estimates, producers, users, mining and processing of trona.  It is hoped that the information presented in the brief will create awareness among industrialists and potential investors in the exploitation and development of trona.

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