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Critical · 2 lists

Barite

industrial_mineral · primary

USGS_2022

USGS_2025

Bottom line

Barite sits on 2 federal critical-minerals lists; mine supply is moderately concentrated (HHI 0.23, 2025), led by 🇮🇳 India at 36% of output. US net import reliance: >75 (2025). Prices held flat over the past year (+6%/yr over 4y).

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Headline indicators

Price · 2025

210dollars per metric ton

USGS MCS (Price, average unit value, gro)

Price trend

0% 1Y

+6%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

>75

Mine production HHI

0.23

Moderate · 2025

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
402.0Mt
China leads · 30% share
02Production
8.7Mt
India top · 2025
03Trade
3.9Mt
net importer · 2025

Coverage

Data coverage notes

no dataNo commodity-decomposed recycling data - No USGS MCS Fig13 scrap rows. EU WEEE / battery EOL flows (Phase 6.1.1) are country-keyed only - see country profiles.
datedEnvironmental footprint is dated - Cradle-to-gate intensity rows carry a 2008 inventory vintage (Nuss & Eckelman-era LCA). Current-process footprints are not yet in scope.
datedExport-restriction inventory ends 2020 - The OECD industrial-raw-materials inventory (vendored snapshot) reports HS-line measures only through 2020; restrictions enacted since are not reflected in the measure table.
narrowConsumption geography is single-economy (United States) - Reported consumption covers one economy only - the world usage split must be read from trade flows, not from a consumption table.

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