Industrial Minerals


Chinese barytes prices dropping for crude and paint grade

22 June 2012

by John Ollett

Severe weather in China and upcoming Indian monsoon could tighten supply

Keywords: barytes, barite, China, crude, paint grade, oilfield,

Crude barytes prices out of China are dropping off slightly to a range of $146-158/tonne, market sources indicated to IM.

Some suppliers in China may...