PDF Barite Data Sheeet Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020
Employment, mine and mill, number 458 300 350 440 440 Net import reliance5 as a percentage of apparent consumption 78 84 88 87 87 Recycling: None. Import Sources (201518): China, 58%; India, 17%; Morocco, 12%; Mexico, 11%; and other, 2%. ... plants but, in 2019, an increasing proportion of barite from Mexico was reportedly ground barite ...