Nevada barites becoming economic

From: Mining Engineering | Date: September 1, 2004| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

The increasing costs of importing barites from China have U.S. users on the Gulf of Mexico taking another look at Nevada barites for drilling mud applications.

Excaliber Minerals, a subsidiary of Newpark Resources, is looking at barite deposits in north central Nevada. The company hopes to be mining barites in about a year. And Baroid Drilling Fluids, one of the nation's top barite producers, is doubling its capacity at its Rossi Mine near Battle Mountain, NV...

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