KHN Minerals mines barite in Konya and Isparta and micronizes it at our plant in Akyazı. We supply micronized barium sulphate to paint and coatings producers, and API barite for drilling fluids.
One company from the ground to the bag. We own the mines, run the micronizing plant and test the ore and the finished product in our own laboratory.
That control lets us match the ore to what each customer needs, and keep the product consistent from one batch to the next.
Barium sulphate is chemically inert, very dense and has a low surface area. We grade it for the job it has to do.
For paints and coatings
Ground in our micronizing plant to a range of particle sizes, in high, medium and low brightness grades.
For oil and gas drilling
The weighting agent drilling fluids depend on. Barite raises mud density so crews can control high formation pressures.
Our ore comes from our own licensed sites in Konya and Isparta. It is beneficiated at the mine, then micronized at our plant in Akyazı, Sakarya, within easy reach of İstanbul.
Most of the world's barite ends up in drilling fluids. Paints and coatings are the other big market, and there whiteness and purity matter most.
A bright, inert filler for paints and coatings, including epoxy systems. Low iron keeps the colour clean.
Between 69 and 77 percent of barite used worldwide goes into drilling mud for oil and gas exploration, as the standard weighting material.
Our R&D team runs development projects with customers to bring new grades to our range and to the market.
BaSO4
Typical composition of our raw material. Very little iron and silica is what makes our micronized grades white and non-abrasive.
Full chemistry
Quality control starts with samples from the mine. We check purity and oxide content by XRF, then measure particle size, colour and physical properties on the finished product.
XRF analysis of BaSO4 and eight oxides.
Malvern Mastersizer 3000.
Whiteness, yellowness, brightness and L*a*b* on an X-Rite 7000.
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