offtake · non-aligned supply brief

Barite (Ba)

industrial · criticality 3/10 · substitutability: moderate

MOS Rank

#40

score 16.1 · conf 43%

Published 2026-04-17 · Mineral Opportunity Score ranks all 58 tracked minerals by broker profitability.

Why this week

  • —Thin non-aligned supply — sourcing hard
  • —No liquid exchange → broker opportunity

Supply concentration

31% of global production is in China + Russia

HHI 1500

China 30% · Russia 1%Non-aligned 69%

Top producers

  • China30%
  • India20%
  • Morocco10%
  • Turkey5%
  • USA5%

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