Baryte commodity commodity Critical Material
The crude, crushed and ground barite raw-material commodity, also named baryte in the original EU 2024 critical-materials list. USGS reports mined barite and products sold by crushers and grinders for uses including drilling-fluid weighting and fillers. This record denotes that traded industrial material, with variable feed and product specifications, rather than a single mineral specimen, the barite mineral species as a taxonomic concept, or elemental barium. The US list uses Barite and the EU list uses baryte; both entries are mapped to this commodity scope. No mineral-species identifier or microbial mechanism is asserted.
Criticality Designations
| Jurisdiction | List Name | Edition / Document | Classification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Department of the Interior Final List of Critical Minerals | 2025 final; 7 November 2025 | critical |
us2025-final
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| European Union | Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, Annex II critical raw materials | Original act, 11 April 2024; OJ 3 May 2024 | critical |
eu2024-original
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Sources & References
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usgs-mcs2026: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Barite, printed pp. 48-49 (PDF pp. 52-53): crude, ground and crushed products
https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026.pdf (accessed 2026-10-11) -
us2025-final: US Department of the Interior / USGS, Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, 7 November 2025, 90 FR 50494-50497: Summary and final list
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-07/html/2025-19813.htm (accessed 2026-10-11) -
eu2024-original: Regulation (EU) 2024/1252, original act of 11 April 2024, OJ 3 May 2024: recital 8 and Annex II, Section 1
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj/eng (accessed 2026-10-11)
Curation History
| Timestamp | Curator | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2026-10-11T08:29:04Z |
codex (GPT-6; codex) | CREATE | Created the baryte commodity record with verified industrial scope and dated criticality; deferred microbial leads lacking the required commodity mapping or full evidence. |
Record source: data/records/baryte.yaml