barite

IPA: bˈɛraɪt

Examples of "barite" in Sentences

In this case, the loss involved the drilling mud (water and clay with dense additives such as barite or hematite) that we've all heard so much about.
About 200 are involved in exploration, and about 40 are running mines that are producing gold, silver, lead and other minerals including barite, which is used in oil and gas exploration.
A spokesman for Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration Ltd. confirmed that an employee, a former employee and a one-time company contractor were arrested in the Nov. 27 murder of Mariano Abarca Robledo, who had led local opposition against Blackfire's barite mine in Chicomuselo, Chiapas. (south of Comitan)