Appraisal of Nigeria's Ceramic Tile Production

Abstract

Ceramic tiles are made from clay materials and are mostly fired 
at very high temperatures. Despite the local availability and 
accessibility of the materials in abundance in Nigeria, only 11% 
of ceramic tiles consumed in the country are produced locally and 
imported raw materials are employed to achieve this. Hence, this 
work tends to provide quality data on the availability of ceramic 
raw materials and their locations within the country. Studies on 
the production of ceramic tiles from materials collected locally 
were considered in this paper. This current work highlighted the 
various categories of ceramic products and focused on the 
availability and feasibility of clay materials collected from 
Nigeria for ceramic tiles production. It also looked at Nigeria’s 
ceramic tiles industry and Nigeria’s placement among the nations 
of the world in ceramic tiles manufacturing and consumption. 
This review offers an evaluation of the studies carried out on the 
production of ceramic tiles for covering walls and floors in 
residential and non-residential buildings.

Keywords: Ceramic tiles, Industry, Production, Consumption, Building