The price of barite powder per ton depends on many factors especially if it is for wholesale and considering all the upheavals in the world order and the wars in 2022, the varieties only grow in number and make the calculation all the harder. Factors such as purity and packaging and also the producing company affect a lot on the outcome of the whole price. The process of packaging wholly depends on the needs of the customers. If the customer is of a great industry as they are the biggest consumer of this mineral, the favorite packaging for them is 1.5 MT jumbo bags. Although 1 MT jumbo bags are also common for transportation bigger packaging reduces the overall costs greatly. 
In 2019, China’s output for this mineral was 30% of the global total market share. Morocco and India are the second and third biggest exporters of this mineral after China, accounting for 24 percent and 11 percent of global barite mineral production in the year 2019. As it was mentioned before, petroleum industries are the primary consumers of this mineral. It is used in oil drilling mud weighting agents there. The barite industry is growing because the global demand for oil has increased greatly over time, hence the need for always more barite. This issue had a massive impact on the barite price. To the extent that in the year 2012 the prices were over 120 percent in comparison with its last year.
Barite Powder Uses
The barite powder is used mostly as the drilling mud weighting agent in oil drillings. As it is 99 % of the United States’ usage for this mineral. It is also used as a pigment in dyes. On top of that, it is a great filler for paper fiber as well as fabric and rubber. The fiber used for producing some Cards contains this mineral. It gives the fiber a very high density so much so that you can pass the cards around the table pretty easily. It’s used as a component to increase the rubber’s weight. It is also used in producing anti-wind tarpaulins as a critical component. 
This mineral is the primary yield of the Barium mines which is used to create a wide variety of Barium chemical mixtures. Some of this mixture is used for protection against X-rays. Barite has a great capacity to prevent the ascension of X-rays and Gamma-ray and is used for the production of high-density concrete blocks to shield radiation at hospitals, power plants, and laboratories. The Barite mixtures are used in medical diagnostics as well. if the patient drinks a small cup of fluid that contains Barium powder and a milkshake, then the patient's gullet is covered with this fluid. The soft tissue gullet which is very transparent against X-pay is imaged immediately after consuming the fluid since Barium is opaque against X-ray and blocks its way to pass. Enema Barium is also used in a similar method to image the large intestine.
Barite Powder for Oil Drilling
Barium sulfate known as natural barite has been used as a mud weighting agent in drillings for years. The drilling grade barite is often produced from minerals containing Barium sulfate or a known resource or a mixture of different components. This material may contain components other than Barium sulfate. That may cause the mixture to be from grayish white to reddish brown. 
The reason why barite is used in petroleum drillings is that the mud with higher density which is containing barite gets pumped to the lower parts of the drill and gets out through the drill and returns to the place between the body of the drill and the good wall. The alternatives for barite in oil drilling would be Celestin, Elmanite, iron ore, and artificial Hematite. None of these can be considered as a suitable alternative since they are either too expensive or lack competitive advantages such as availability. The drilling barite is a very high-density mineral and rather soft. These qualities had made barite a great weighting agent for oil drilling. It increases the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud. One other reason that makes this mineral a great drilling agent is that barite is very silky and this quality is so crucial for protecting the equipment used in drilling and can even be considered a lubricant and make the process all the easier.
Barite Powder MSDS
Many hazardous commodities need an MSDS sheet but for barite powder, it is not mandatory as it is not considered a hazard to health or the environment under the current legislation. But you have to note that prolonged exposure to this mineral can cause lung problems. Some test results have shown that the residual waste of the petroleum industries may affect the regular ecosystem and may cause disturbances in regard to plants growing properly around the proximity of the material. But there is no Msds permits needed because the barite itself is not considered a hazard but inhaling or consuming them can cause serious harassment to one’s state of health. Annoyances like nausea, gastric spasm, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, ear ringing, heart rate increase, sweating, anxiety, and many other similar side effects are not uncommon. 
You have to note that the sublimation in the regular temperature is minuscule but it can get worse after time and fill the air around the proximity with breathable particles that can cause lung disease over time. Diseases such as baritosis which is a kind of benign pneumoconiosis. It also reacts with aluminum powder very fast and can cause further problems. It would further generate toxic fumes in a fire and the procedure of extinguishing the fire must be carefully done and with proper equipment. Our company is honored to supply customers with this useful all around the globe for years now. And it had never let us down as we have never let our customers down.