BARITE SALES RESUME AFTER 15 YEAR-GAP

From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: July 25, 1997| Author: KWANCHAI RUNGFAPAISARN | Copyright information


The Nation (Thailand)

07-25-1997

TIP Mines Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Thai Gypsum, has signed a two- year contract
to supply 280,000 tonnes of barite, worth Bt500 million, to Baroid Drilling
Fluids, one of the world's biggest suppliers of drilling fluids to oil
explorers.

The contract reopens a chapter in Thailand's export past, after the country's
barite export market share was lost to China and India about 15 years ago.

Baroid, a unit o...

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