Properties and application of Nigerian bentonite clay
01/07/2017#0183;#32;The proven reserve of bentonite in Nigeria has been modestly estimated to be above 700 million metric tons (Aigbedion and Iyayi, 2007a, Aigbedion and Iyayi, 2007b, James et al., 2008, Omole et al., 2013, Bilal et al., 2015) with the bulk of it lying in Afuze, Edo State, MidWestern Nigeria which holds about 7080 million metric tons of bentonite clay (Nweke et al., 2015, Nweke, 2015).