Industrial Minerals


Drilling-grade barytes prices rise as supply from China down

09 May 2011

by Siobhan Lismore

Market believes prices could increase across the board, look to Vietnam

Keywords: barytes, China, Vietnam, Guangxi

Barytes prices will continue to increase as supply dwindles from China, a US-based supplier told IM late last week.

The source told IM that cargoes from China are now being loaded at $84/tonne for drilling-grade barytes out of China.

“I know of three cargoes that have been loaded at that price,” the source confirmed, adding that other participants have...