Barite Production (Khuzdar)

BME operates three grinding mills having total production capacity of about 300,000 metric tons barites powder annually in line with the specifications of the American Petroleum Institute.

Standard Specifications:

S. No. Description Offered Specifications
1 Density 4.20 g/cm3
2 Water soluble Alkaline Earth Metals as Calcium ≤ 250 mg/kg
3 Moisture ≤ 1 % (Average)
4 Size min 90% 0 to 200 mm
5 Barium Sulphate including SrSO4 BaSO4 including SrSO4 (Average 84% ± 2%) ISO 3262-2:1998 (E)
6 Color Beige/ Brown to grey color.
7 Iron (Fe) Multi-Acid Digestion (AAS Flame) (0.1 % - 0.9 %)
8 Lead (Pb) Multi-Acid Digestion (AAS Flame) (1% - 2%)

S. No. Description Offered Specifications
1 Density 4.10 g/cm3
2 Water soluble Alkaline Earth Metals as Calcium. ≤ 250 mg/kg
3 Moisture. ≤ 0.90 % (Average)
4 Size min 90% 0 to 200 mm
5 Barium Sulphate including SrSO4 BaSO4 including SrSO4 (Average 78% ± 5%) ISO 3262-2:1998 (E)
6 Color Beige/brown to grey color.
7 Cadmium Max 3.0 ppm

S. No. Description Offered Specifications
1 Density 4.0 g/cm3
2 Water soluble Alkaline Earth Metals as Calcium ≤ 250 mg/kg
3 Moisture ≤ 1 % (Average)
4 Size min 90% 0 to 200 mm
5 Barium Sulphate including SrSO4 BaSO4 including SrSO4 (Average 70% ± 2%) ISO 3262-2:1998 (E)
6 Color Beige/ Brown to grey color.
7 Iron (Fe) Multi-Acid Digestion (AAS Flame) (0.1 % - 0.9 %)
8 Lead (Pb) Multi-Acid Digestion (AAS Flame) (1% - 2%)

Industrial Uses:

Drilling applications : 

As weighting agent during drilling of Oil and Gas wells.

Other use :

In the paper, rubber and miscellaneous industries; as a filler or extender in   cloth, ink, and plastics products; in radiography (“barium milkshake”); as getter (scavenger) alloys in   vacuum tubes; deoxidizer for copper; lubricant for anode rotors in X-ray tubes; spark-plug alloys as     absorbent in dynamite. Also used to make an expensive white pigment.

Quality Control:

BME has own API certified quality control laboratory for testing & analysis of both barite powder and Ore,  however, BME also carries out 3rd party testing from (SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Limited & Qualitest laboratory Karachi) for cross confirmation of test results and Administration control.