Focused research brief · £195
One agreed mineral-trade question, documented findings, source links and evidence gaps. Scope and delivery date agreed before payment.
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TGRALIN Intelligence
When a mineral deal raises more questions than answers.
Sometimes the difficulty is not finding a supplier or a buyer. It is knowing which information can be relied upon before someone makes a commitment.
We look into the public records, published requirements and documentary trail behind a specific mineral-trade question. Then we explain what we found, what we could not establish and what may need checking next.
Independent, source-referenced desk research. We do not inspect mineral stock or certify ownership or origin.
Services
What TGRALIN does for you
Five services, each built on the same rule: every finding states its source and whether it has been verified.
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Mineral intelligence
Evidence-led briefings on Nigerian mineral supply, processing and markets, built from public and supplied sources.
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Supplier identification
Who can supply a named mineral from Nigeria, what is publicly evidenced about each party, and what remains unknown.
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Buyer identification
Which international buyers and processors publicly show a requirement or purchasing history that fits your material.
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Counterparty verification
A structured, evidence-based check of a named counterparty. It reports what is established, what is not and what is still open. It is not certification or a guarantee.
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Commercial research assignments
A defined commercial question about a commodity and a place, answered in writing, with scope and fee agreed before work begins.
Services are provided under individually agreed commercial terms, confirmed in writing before an assignment begins.
TGRALIN intends to add commercial introductions, transaction-related intelligence and transaction facilitation. These are not standing services today, and each would need our further approval. See our services.
Market Watch and Trade News
Follow mineral research sources and check the status of our benchmark coverage. Prices and charts will appear once a verified feed is connected.
Open Market Watch Open Trade News
Nigerian mineral trade news
Official announcements from Nigeria's Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Government statements are attributed to their source and are not independent verification by TGRALIN.
Publication dates belong to the original stories. A recent feed check does not mean every story is new. Sources may publish infrequently.
Checking official sources. You can also follow the source links above.
Headlines, publication dates and source links only. Mining Weekly integration awaits publisher permission.
The problem
A transaction rarely fails for want of a buyer or a seller.
On the surface it looks simple. A seller has material. A buyer needs material.
In practice a transaction depends on evidence, and evidence is where it stalls: incomplete, inconsistent, unavailable, or held by people who cannot easily reconcile it with each other.
- Identity
- Authority
- Origin
- Material
- Assay
- Quantity
- Radiological results
- Chain of custody
- Export documentation
- Responsible sourcing
- Buyer specification
- Payment and logistics
Mineral Radar structures that evidence.
Why the distinction matters
A public offer is a claim, not an inventory.
Material can be advertised in good faith and still not be available. A party may genuinely be able to source a quantity without holding any of it today. Both are ordinary commercial positions. Neither is current physical stock, and a buyer who treats them as interchangeable loses time and money finding out.
- Advertisementis notCurrent availability
- Claimis notEvidence
- Can sourceis notHas material
- Assayis notCurrent stock
- Source accessis notOwnership
- Mandateis notPhysical control
- Historical shipmentis notCurrent capability
- Website listingis notTransaction readiness
Mineral Radar asks which of these a proposition actually is, at the point of entry, rather than discovering it three weeks into a negotiation.
Who Mineral Radar is for
Company size is not the qualification criterion.
A smaller trader with substantiated material, clear authority and orderly documentation may progress through Mineral Radar qualification. A large company with unsupported claims does not automatically qualify.
- Mine / title holder
- Processor
- Licensed buying centre
- Aggregator
- Trader
- Exporter
- Mandated agent
- Domestic buyer
- International trader
- Smelter / industrial buyer
Current focus
Nigeria. Tin and cassiterite.
This is where the work is concentrated now, because depth in one material and one jurisdiction is worth more than thin coverage of many. It is the initial operating focus rather than a permanent limit. The system is built so other minerals and other jurisdictions can be added without rebuilding it.
How it works
Six stages, and no guarantees at the end of them.
- Discover Identify participants, material and requirements that exist in the market.
- Screen Establish who is making a claim, what exactly is claimed, and in what role.
- Verify Seek evidence for each claim, and record where evidence is absent.
- Qualify Determine which requirements apply and which have been satisfied.
- Match Compare qualified supply against an actual, specified buyer requirement.
- Prepare Assemble what a transaction needs before it is attempted.
TGRALIN does not guarantee that a transaction will complete, that material is of a given quality, or that any participant is trustworthy. The work is to establish what is known, what is unsupported and what is still missing.
Work with TGRALIN
Identify suppliers and buyers, verify counterparties or commission research.
TGRALIN is an independent mineral intelligence business. An enquiry creates no payment obligation and does not guarantee a buyer, supply, verification or completed transaction.
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