# Barite Price per kg (United States)

Barite costs $0.15 per kg barite in the United States as of October 2026, on the Stockatomics monthly benchmark. Barite is trading at a 12-month high of $0.15 per kg barite.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/barite-price-us
Category: Critical Minerals (https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/critical-minerals)
Lists: US Critical Minerals List, EU Critical Raw Materials Act

## Key figures

| Figure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Price per kg barite | $0.15 |
| Price type | Stockatomics monthly benchmark |
| Price month | October 2026 |
| 1-month change | +88.9% |
| 6-month change | +35.3% |
| 1-year change | +33.7% |
| 5-year change | +57.5% |
| 12-month high | $0.15 |
| 12-month low | $0.077 |
| Last updated | 18 October 2026 |

## Price summary

The price has reached its highest level of the past year, $0.15 per kg barite. Its 12-month range runs from a low of $0.077 to a high of $0.15. It is +33.7% over the past year and +57.5% over five years.

## Barite monthly prices

USD per kg barite, newest first.

| Month | Price | Change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| October 2026 | $0.15 | 0.0% |
| September 2026 | $0.15 | 0.0% |
| August 2026 | $0.15 | +89.0% |
| July 2026 | $0.077 | −4.2% |
| June 2026 | $0.081 | 0.0% |
| May 2026 | $0.081 | −29.6% |
| April 2026 | $0.11 | +16.7% |
| March 2026 | $0.098 | −9.1% |
| February 2026 | $0.11 | +13.2% |
| January 2026 | $0.096 | −1.6% |
| December 2025 | $0.097 | −19.5% |
| November 2025 | $0.12 | +35.2% |
| October 2025 | $0.089 | −23.2% |
| September 2025 | $0.12 | +6.1% |
| August 2025 | $0.11 | +38.1% |
| July 2025 | $0.079 | −8.0% |
| June 2025 | $0.086 | −18.1% |
| May 2025 | $0.11 | +37.0% |
| April 2025 | $0.077 | +5.4% |
| March 2025 | $0.073 | −40.7% |
| February 2025 | $0.12 | −13.7% |
| January 2025 | $0.14 | +63.0% |
| December 2024 | $0.087 | 0.0% |
| November 2024 | $0.087 | −18.1% |
| October 2024 | $0.11 | −11.3% |
| September 2024 | $0.12 | +42.0% |
| August 2024 | $0.085 | −5.4% |
| July 2024 | $0.089 | −6.2% |
| June 2024 | $0.095 | −6.8% |
| May 2024 | $0.10 | +17.7% |
| April 2024 | $0.087 | +13.5% |
| March 2024 | $0.076 | −19.1% |
| February 2024 | $0.095 | −0.8% |
| January 2024 | $0.095 | +32.9% |
| December 2023 | $0.072 | −14.2% |
| November 2023 | $0.084 | −15.5% |
| October 2023 | $0.099 | −4.7% |
| September 2023 | $0.10 | +63.3% |
| August 2023 | $0.064 | −34.8% |
| July 2023 | $0.098 | +17.4% |
| June 2023 | $0.083 | −3.9% |
| May 2023 | $0.087 | −9.8% |
| April 2023 | $0.096 | +15.4% |
| March 2023 | $0.083 | −10.6% |
| February 2023 | $0.093 | −2.1% |
| January 2023 | $0.095 | +1.2% |
| December 2022 | $0.094 | +6.6% |
| November 2022 | $0.088 | −10.2% |
| October 2022 | $0.098 | +16.4% |
| September 2022 | $0.084 | −28.7% |
| August 2022 | $0.12 | +12.7% |
| July 2022 | $0.11 | +37.4% |
| June 2022 | $0.076 | −3.2% |
| May 2022 | $0.079 | +8.4% |
| April 2022 | $0.073 | −23.8% |
| March 2022 | $0.096 | +0.7% |
| February 2022 | $0.095 | +7.0% |
| January 2022 | $0.089 | −1.0% |
| December 2021 | $0.09 | +19.4% |
| November 2021 | $0.075 | −25.2% |
| October 2021 | $0.10 | +13.6% |
| September 2021 | $0.088 | −4.8% |
| August 2021 | $0.093 | +3.7% |
| July 2021 | $0.09 | +5.3% |
| June 2021 | $0.085 | −3.0% |
| May 2021 | $0.088 | −6.0% |
| April 2021 | $0.093 | −18.9% |
| March 2021 | $0.12 | +55.2% |
| February 2021 | $0.074 | −30.4% |
| January 2021 | $0.11 | −46.9% |
| December 2020 | $0.20 | +69.8% |
| November 2020 | $0.12 | +46.2% |
| October 2020 | $0.081 | +5.8% |
| September 2020 | $0.076 | +2.1% |
| August 2020 | $0.075 | 0.0% |
| July 2020 | $0.075 | −34.3% |
| June 2020 | $0.11 | +17.0% |
| May 2020 | $0.097 | −1.3% |
| April 2020 | $0.099 | +10.9% |
| March 2020 | $0.089 | +11.4% |
| February 2020 | $0.08 | 0.0% |
| January 2020 | $0.08 | −15.8% |
| December 2019 | $0.095 | +27.2% |
| November 2019 | $0.074 | −11.6% |
| October 2019 | $0.084 | +1.7% |
| September 2019 | $0.083 | −9.2% |
| August 2019 | $0.091 | +14.3% |
| July 2019 | $0.08 | −7.0% |
| June 2019 | $0.086 | −7.7% |
| May 2019 | $0.093 | +12.2% |
| April 2019 | $0.083 | −19.4% |
| March 2019 | $0.10 | +34.0% |
| February 2019 | $0.077 | −17.2% |
| January 2019 | $0.093 | +2.9% |
| December 2018 | $0.09 | −4.8% |
| November 2018 | $0.095 | −3.6% |
| October 2018 | $0.098 | −19.8% |
| September 2018 | $0.12 | +34.0% |
| August 2018 | $0.091 | +11.1% |
| July 2018 | $0.082 | +5.5% |
| June 2018 | $0.078 | −34.7% |
| May 2018 | $0.12 | +45.4% |
| April 2018 | $0.082 | +0.7% |
| March 2018 | $0.081 | −1.1% |
| February 2018 | $0.082 | −12.4% |
| January 2018 | $0.094 | +41.1% |
| December 2017 | $0.067 | −37.6% |
| November 2017 | $0.11 | +19.1% |
| October 2017 | $0.09 | +10.9% |
| September 2017 | $0.081 | +4.4% |
| August 2017 | $0.077 | −2.1% |
| July 2017 | $0.079 | −9.2% |
| June 2017 | $0.087 | +13.9% |
| May 2017 | $0.076 | −26.7% |
| April 2017 | $0.10 | +24.6% |
| March 2017 | $0.084 | 0.0% |
| February 2017 | $0.084 | −18.6% |
| January 2017 | $0.10 | +2.7% |
| December 2016 | $0.10 | +40.7% |
| November 2016 | $0.071 | −56.9% |
| October 2016 | $0.17 | +70.3% |
| September 2016 | $0.097 | −9.8% |
| August 2016 | $0.11 | −12.4% |
| July 2016 | $0.12 | +21.3% |
| June 2016 | $0.10 | +15.1% |
| May 2016 | $0.088 | −19.9% |
| April 2016 | $0.11 | −24.0% |
| March 2016 | $0.14 | +35.1% |
| February 2016 | $0.11 | −21.9% |
| January 2016 | $0.14 | +15.2% |
| December 2015 | $0.12 | +3.8% |
| November 2015 | $0.11 | 0.0% |
| October 2015 | $0.11 | +2.1% |
| September 2015 | $0.11 | +7.5% |
| August 2015 | $0.10 | −4.4% |
| July 2015 | $0.11 | −7.5% |
| June 2015 | $0.12 | −5.7% |
| May 2015 | $0.13 | −5.7% |
| April 2015 | $0.13 | +6.8% |
| March 2015 | $0.12 | −6.7% |
| February 2015 | $0.13 | −6.3% |
| January 2015 | $0.14 | +18.5% |
| December 2014 | $0.12 | +0.3% |
| November 2014 | $0.12 | +19.3% |
| October 2014 | $0.10 | −30.3% |
| September 2014 | $0.14 | +20.3% |
| August 2014 | $0.12 | +9.1% |
| July 2014 | $0.11 | −8.7% |
| June 2014 | $0.12 | −9.8% |
| May 2014 | $0.13 | +4.7% |
| April 2014 | $0.13 | −0.5% |
| March 2014 | $0.13 | +15.9% |
| February 2014 | $0.11 | −13.5% |
| January 2014 | $0.13 | +9.7% |
| December 2013 | $0.12 | 0.0% |
| November 2013 | $0.12 | −18.4% |
| October 2013 | $0.14 | 0.0% |
| September 2013 | $0.14 | +35.0% |
| August 2013 | $0.11 | −14.5% |
| July 2013 | $0.12 | +7.2% |
| June 2013 | $0.12 | −9.8% |
| May 2013 | $0.13 | −5.1% |
| April 2013 | $0.13 | +8.5% |
| March 2013 | $0.12 | 0.0% |
| February 2013 | $0.12 | −16.2% |
| January 2013 | $0.15 | −2.4% |
| December 2012 | $0.15 | −2.2% |
| November 2012 | $0.15 | +17.4% |
| October 2012 | $0.13 | −0.5% |
| September 2012 | $0.13 | +12.5% |
| August 2012 | $0.12 | −14.1% |
| July 2012 | $0.14 | +63.3% |
| June 2012 | $0.084 | −32.7% |
| May 2012 | $0.12 | +1.0% |
| April 2012 | $0.12 | −14.5% |
| March 2012 | $0.14 | +10.9% |
| February 2012 | $0.13 | +10.1% |
| January 2012 | $0.12 | +1.0% |
| December 2011 | $0.12 | +0.7% |
| November 2011 | $0.12 | +15.4% |
| October 2011 | $0.10 | +20.4% |
| September 2011 | $0.084 | −23.0% |
| August 2011 | $0.11 | +63.3% |
| July 2011 | $0.067 | −25.4% |
| June 2011 | $0.089 | +19.2% |
| May 2011 | $0.075 | +10.0% |
| April 2011 | $0.068 | −8.3% |
| March 2011 | $0.074 | +6.9% |
| February 2011 | $0.07 | −1.4% |
| January 2011 | $0.071 | −3.8% |
| December 2010 | $0.073 | +11.0% |
| November 2010 | $0.066 | +15.6% |
| October 2010 | $0.057 | −12.8% |
| September 2010 | $0.066 | −41.2% |
| August 2010 | $0.11 | +37.8% |
| July 2010 | $0.081 | +24.8% |
| June 2010 | $0.065 | −13.0% |
| May 2010 | $0.075 | −10.0% |
| April 2010 | $0.083 | +18.4% |
| March 2010 | $0.07 | +3.2% |
| February 2010 | $0.068 | +9.5% |
| January 2010 | $0.062 | - |

## What barite is used for

Barite, the mineral form of barium sulphate, is heavy and chemically inert, and its main job is weighting **drilling fluids** for oil and gas wells. Its high density keeps downhole pressure under control and helps prevent blowouts, so most of the barite consumed in the United States ends up in drilling mud, and demand rises and falls with rig activity. Higher-purity grades are processed into barium chemicals.

### Other uses

- Fillers in paints, plastics and rubber
- Radiation shielding in hospitals and nuclear facilities
- Barium meals for X-ray imaging of the digestive tract
- Brake pads and other friction materials

## Barite supply and demand factors

Barite demand is tied closely to **oil and gas drilling**: more rigs and deeper, high-pressure wells mean more weighting agent. Supply is mined in many countries, but the US relies heavily on imports, much of it shipped by sea from China, India and Morocco, so freight costs and trade policy matter as much as mine output. A drilling upturn can tighten the market quickly, while a downturn leaves stocks idle.

### What moves the price

- US and global drilling activity
- Import supply from China, India and Morocco
- Ocean freight rates
- Tariffs and trade measures on imports

## Barite price history

Barite prices track the oil and gas drilling cycle. The oil price collapse of 2014 to 2016 and the pandemic in 2020 both cut demand and prices, while drilling recoveries have tightened supply, especially for US buyers who depend on imports. Ocean freight, which more than doubled during the pandemic shipping crunch, and trade measures on imports have added their own swings to the delivered US price.

As of October 2026, the Stockatomics benchmark price is $0.15 per kg barite.

## Where barite is produced

**China** and **India** are the largest barite producers, followed by Morocco, Mexico, Iran and Kazakhstan. The United States mines barite in Nevada, yet still imports a large share of what it consumes, mostly for drilling.

## Why barite is a critical mineral

Barite is on the **US critical minerals list** and the **EU critical raw materials list**. Oil and gas drilling depends on it as a weighting agent with no easy substitute, and the United States imports a large share of what it consumes, mostly from China, India and Morocco.

## How the barite benchmark price is calculated

Stockatomics publishes a monthly US benchmark price for barite in US dollars per kg barite, reading as of October 2026. Unlike most prices on Stockatomics, this one is for the mineral itself, barium sulphate, as traded, not for contained barium, and not for a finished drilling-fluid blend.

### Converting the price

- Per tonne of barite: multiply the price per kg by 1,000

## FAQ

### What is the price of barite per kg today?

Barite costs $0.15 per kg barite in the United States as of October 2026, on the Stockatomics monthly benchmark. Stockatomics updates it every month.

### Why is barite used in oil drilling?

It is dense and inert, so adding it to drilling mud increases the mud's weight, which keeps high-pressure oil and gas safely in the well and helps prevent blowouts.

### What drives the price of barite?

Mainly oil and gas drilling activity, together with import supply and ocean freight costs for US buyers.

### Where does US barite come from?

Some is mined in Nevada, but much of it is imported, mainly from China, India and Morocco.

### How is the barite benchmark price calculated?

The Stockatomics benchmark for barite is a monthly US price in US dollars per kg barite, published every month and current as of October 2026.

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## Sources

- U.S. trade data: the monthly barite price.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Company filings: the listed companies and their roles.

Last updated 18 October 2026.