21/06/2021 · The production capacity of barite in Nigerian was 10,000 tpa in 2013 and 6,000 tpa in 2015. Table 1 shows the production of barite by country. In 2017, no data was given of Nigeria barite production by the US geological survey but in 2011, reported barite production by Nigeria was 20,000 metric tonnes as shown in Table 1.