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Barytes
Barite is a white, grey, yellow, blue, red, or colourless mineral
consisting of barium sulfate.
The majority of world production is consumed by the oil and gas
drilling industry as a component in drilling muds.
Barite is also important in the manufacture of paper, glass and rubber.
It is widely used in other applications: in radiology for x-rays, in
acoustical compounds, adhesives, athletic goods, carpet backing, as
primer in automotive paints for metal protection and gloss or as
protective barrier to radiation in cathode ray tube TV faceplate glass.
Links:
-US
Geological Survey - Statistics 2001 - 2003
-The Barytes Association
Baryte Production
Thousand Tonnes
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
|
2008 |
| Europe |
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| Belgium |
27.000
|
30.000
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
53
|
160
|
190
|
37
|
54 |
| Bulgaria |
20.000
|
10.000
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| France |
75.000
|
82.000
|
30.000
|
27.000
|
20.000 |
| Germany |
93.624
|
88.591
|
85.524
|
88.265
|
78.941 |
| Greece |
25
|
50
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
| Italy |
9.698
|
4.722
|
7.000
|
7.000
|
5.000 |
| Poland |
27.000
|
25.000
|
20.000
|
0
|
0 |
| Portugal |
24
|
21
|
24
|
25
|
25 |
| Romania |
73
|
60
|
21
|
6
|
0 |
| Russia (Europe) |
6.000
|
6.000
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6.300
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6.400
|
6.500 |
| Slovakia |
5.600
|
4.200
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4.100
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12.500
|
7.300 |
| Spain |
40.776
|
44.643
|
45.000
|
20.000
|
26.000 |
| Turkey |
113.775
|
157.179
|
161.993
|
150.000
|
150.000 |
| United Kingdom |
61.000
|
64.000
|
48.000
|
53.000
|
43.000 |
| total |
479.648
|
516.626
|
408.152
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364.233
|
336.820
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| Asia |
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Afghanistan
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6.000
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6.300
|
6.500
|
6.000
|
5.500 |
| Armenia |
561
|
590
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600
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500
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400 |
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China
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3.900.000
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4.100.000
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4.400.000
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4.400.000
|
4.600.000 |
|
Korea
|
70.000
|
70.000
|
50.000
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0
|
0 |
| India |
1.159.031
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1.156.227
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1.730.803
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999.497
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1.100.000 |
| Iran |
203.653
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285.000
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290.000
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280.300
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343,750 |
| Kazakhstan |
310.700
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268.700
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261.100
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280.300
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492.200 |
| Malaysia |
1.500
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900
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910
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0
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4.372 |
| Myanmar |
2.229
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2.205
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4.023
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5.918
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5.320 |
| Pakistan |
25.500
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25.300
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44.183
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46.155
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50.000 |
| Russia (Asia) |
54.000
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54.000
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56.700
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57.600
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58.500 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
14.000
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13.900
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16.000
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24.000
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30.000 |
| Thailand |
211.278
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3.989
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4.549
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9.631
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9.180 |
| total |
5.958.452
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5.987.111
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6.865.368
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6.109.901
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6.699.222
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| America |
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| Argentina |
3.500
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3.910
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6.276
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3.798
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3.170 |
| Bolivia |
5.774
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11.379
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8.943
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8.245
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8.000 |
| Brazil |
49.046
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44.041
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47.611
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37.000
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42.000 |
| Canada |
20.601
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23.179
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19.597
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7.196
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12.000 |
| Chile |
31
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91
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375
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77
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0 |
| Colombia |
2.000
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2.000
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2.000
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2.000
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6.000 |
| Ecuador |
3.695
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
| Guatemala |
68
|
181
|
150
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0
|
0 |
| Mexico |
306.668
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268.657
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199.600
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185.900
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140.066 |
| Peru |
9.610
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26.985
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1.899
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27.369
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40.745 |
| United States |
532.000
|
500.000
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589.000
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455.000
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647.621 |
| total |
932.993
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880.423
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875.451
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726.585
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899.602
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| Africa |
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| Algeria |
47.945
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54.773
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64.787
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63.098
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60.088 |
| Egypt |
350
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370
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500
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540
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1.080 |
| Morocco |
355.800
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475.700
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612.800
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664.700
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725.060 |
| Nigeria |
15.000
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30.000
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30.011
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30.000
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20.000 |
| South Africa |
900
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870
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0
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0
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0 |
| Tunisia |
1.813
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
| Zimbabwe |
3.486
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2.500
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2.000
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0
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0 |
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total |
425.294
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564.213
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710.098
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758.338
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806.228
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| Oceania |
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| Australia |
17.000
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17.300
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18.000
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13.500
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16.000 |
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total |
17.000
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17.300
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18.000
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13.500
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16.000
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| WORLD
TOTAL |
8.746.380
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8.846.096
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9.750.520
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7.972.557
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8.757.872
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