1. business and industrial
2. energy
3. oil

Barium Sulfate •  Density / Densidad: 4.2 – 4.447
•  Mesh / Malla:
200, 325 and 350
•  Ore / Brena:
4 to fines
•  Bentonite (to meet end user specifications)
Bentonite •  Fe: 60-67% Iron Ore Coast to Coast Minerals, LLC has developed a superior quality control and procurement process to ensure
our clients, and the end user as well, that all of our Drilling, Steel and Industrial Minerals meet API
Standards.
We value and treat all of our customers without distinction, no matter the amounts. The quality of
products we carry and our superior customer service will be uniform to everyone. We strongly believe in
establishing long-term relationships with each of our customers. We continue to pursue new technologies
and generate new tactics for our customers success. Our technical sales support team will always lend
their industry expertise and resources supported by CTCM research and problem solving efforts.
Since 2006, CTCM has maintained its commitment to being a first-class mineral facilitator for numerous
distinguished companies. We continuously strive to achieve exceptional financial and performance
results, while maintaining the highest standards of business conduct. These continuous expectations
provide the foundation for our services, commitments, and the loyalty we owe every one of our
customers.
Facilitating minerals is a massive challenge that must be practiced safely and in an environmentally friendly
manner. Moreover, business is always changing and ever-expanding, but our unyielding ambition to do
things right will always help us reach the best results for all our customers.
Steel Industry
El Capitan Precious Metals (ECPN) -Iron Ore and Precious Metals Mine in Capitan, NM
Gulf Coast Mining Group (GCMG) -Iron Ore Mine in Orogrande, NM
Gulf Coast Mining Group (GCMG) -Iron Ore Mine in Provo, NV
Oil & Gas Industry
Double Crown Resources
Excalibar Minerals
Double Crown Resources
(DDCC) -Barite, Frac Sand Mexico and Guatemala
-Barite and Bentonite Mexico Region
(DDCC) -Louisiana Mill
Technology
AuraSource
Mias Group
Double Crown Resources
(ARAO) -Iron Ore Technology
-Iron Ore Technology
(DDCC) -Transprop (container technology)
CTCM Iron Ore Consumers
Glencore International, New Times Energy Coorporation, Mias Group, Group MASSIF,
NORMET, Noble Group, Gulf Coast Mining Group, Posco and Stealcom Group.
Barite is a mineral composed of barium sulfate, BaSO4. It is
usually colorless or milky white, but can be almost any color,
depending on the impurities trapped in the crystals during their
formation. Barite is relatively soft, measuring 3-4.5. It is
unusually heavy for a non-metallic mineral. The high density is
responsible for its value in many applications. Barite is
chemically inert and insoluble.
Drilling mud weighting material
- Oil & Natural Gas (BaSO4. 90% / Density: 4.1 – 4.4)
Drilling mud is used in the drilling of many oil and gas wells. Because the clay in ordinary drilling mud has a specific gravity of only around 2.5. As a
result, if relatively low-density mud is unable to counterbalance the upward pressure of oil and gas, a blowout may occur. It is therefore necessary to
increase the density of drilling mud when the subsurface pressure is high. Adding barite powder to mud is an effective way of increasing density.
Filler Industry
- Paint, Rubber, Plastic and Paper Industry (BaSO4. 95-98% / Density: 4.1- 4.5)
The addition of barium sulfate filler to paint can increase paint film thickness, strength, and durability. Lithopone pigment is used in the manufacture of
white paint, and is considered superior to lead white and magnesia white in indoor paints. Barium sulfate used as a filler in the paint industry must have
sufficient fineness and relatively high whiteness. The rubber and plastic industries also use barium sulfate as a filler, and it can improve the hardness,
abrasion resistance, strength, stiffness, and anti-aging performance of rubber and plastic.
Mineralizing Agent for Cement and Road Construction
(BaSO4. 92-97% / Density: 3.8 - 4.2)
A mineralizing agent consisting of mixed barite and fluorite can be used in cement to promote the formation of C3S. Activation of C3S yield significant
benefits, improves clinker quality, increases the cements early strength by approximately 20%-25% and later strength by approximately 10%, and
reduces clinker firing temperature from 1,450 C to 1,350 C.
Radiation-shielding cement, mortar, and concrete
- Pharmaceutical (BaSO4. 95-98% / Density: 3.8 – 4.4)
Barites ability to absorb x-rays allows it to be used in barium cement, barite mortar, and barite concrete. These materials can be used instead of lead
sheet to shield nuclear reactors and construct laboratory and hospital x-ray shielded buildings.
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BaSO₄: 90% (minimum)
Specific Gravity: 4.2 (minimum)
Moisture Content: ,3% (maximum)
Water Soluble Alkaline Earth
Metals: 250 mg/kg (maximum)
Hg: 1PPM (maximum)
Cd: 3PPM (maximum)
Residue of diameter greater than
75µm: 3,0% (maximum)
Particles Less than 6µ min Equivalent
Spherical Diameter: 3,0 % (maximum)
Presentation specification:
1.5 TON -super sacks or Raw material
Mesh: 200
Ore: 4’ to fines and 1’ to fines ore
Certification of Deliveries Attachments:
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
Mine’s patio: Complete Chemical Analysis & Weight Rep.
Exporting patio: Density, Barium & Weight Rep.
Importing patio: Complete Chemical Analysis & Weight
Rep.
Client s (24hr) Personal Analysis
“All shipment over 25K MT will have an additional Density
and Barium report for every 5K lot ready to transport to
exporting patio.
There are different types of Bentonite, each named after
the respective dominant element, such as potassium
(K), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), and aluminium, (Al).
Experts debate a number of nomenclatorial problems
with the classification of bentonite clays.
Sodium bentonite
Sodium bentonite expands when wet, absorbing as much as several times its dry mass in water. Because of its excellent colloidal properties, it is often
used in drilling mud for oil and gas wells and boreholes for geotechnical and environmental investigations
Calcium bentonite
Calcium bentonite is a useful adsorbent of ions in solution, as well as fats and oils. It is the main active ingredient of Fuller’s
earth, probably one of the earliest industrial cleaning agents.
Drilling mud
Bentonite is used in drilling fluids to lubricate and cool the cutting tools, to remove cuttings, and to help prevent blowouts. Much of bentonite's usefulness
in the drilling and geotechnical engineering industry comes from its unique rheological properties. Relatively small quantities of bentonite suspended in
water form a viscous, shear thinning material.
Binder
Bentonite has been widely used as a foundry-sand bond in iron and steel foundries. Sodium bentonite is most commonly used for large castings that use
dry molds, while calcium bentonite is more commonly used for smaller castings that use "green" or wet molds. Bentonite is also used as a binding agent
in the manufacture of iron ore (taconite) pellets as used in the steelmaking industry.
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron
can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in
iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow,
deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in
the form of magnetite (Fe3O4), hematit (Fe2O3), goethite
(FeO(OH)), limonite (FeO(OH).n(H2O)) or siderite (FeCO3).
Ores carrying very high quantities of hematite or
magnetite (greater than ~60% iron) are known as "natural
ore" or "direct shipping ore", meaning they can be fed
directly into iron-making blast furnaces. Most reserves of
such ore have now been depleted. Iron ore is the raw
material used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw
materials to make steel. 98% of the mined iron ore is used
to make steel. Indeed, it has been argued that iron ore is
"more integral to the global economy than any other
commodity, except perhaps oil".
One of the most important uses of iron ore is steel production, accounting for the bulk of iron ore processed annually. Ironrich ores have a number of other uses, some of which are literally quite colorful; they are used in cosmetics, for example,
and in the production of some paints, inks, and dyes. Manufacturers distinguish between high and low grade ores that
contain different impurities mixed with the iron and determine the end uses of iron ore.
FE:
62%
Fe203: 88.06%
Si02:
2.75% max
AI203: 2.75% max
Ti02:
0.2% max
PB:
0.03% max
ZN:
0.05% max
CU:
0.05% max
K20 + NA20:
0.3 max
Phosphorus (p): 0.09% max
Sulphur (s):
0.09% max
Physical Composition: Less than 3.00mm 90%
Moisture loss at 105
degree centigrade: 6.00% Typical, 8.0% max
Certification of Deliveries Attachments:
1. 
2. 
Mine’s patio: Complete Chemical Analysis & Weight
Rep.
Client s (24hr) Personal Analysis
No Cost / No Obligation Free
Assessment:
Our service to new and existing clients
includes a no-cost no-obligation
assessment of your current transport
logistic expenditure.
Our assessment includes:
• Consulting experts in foreign trade.
• Rail and road options.
• Multi-modal transportation.
• Storing & handling techniques.
• Information technology integration.
• Load consolidation.
Services:
• Warehousing & Re-Packing
• Diverse Trucking Solutions
• Rail Transportation
• Cross-Border Management
• Maritime Service
• Port and Transloading Management
CTCS provides a worldwide network of diversified logistical solutions for all of our client’s needs. With over forty combined years of
experience in the industry, we understand that a smart logistical strategy is key to the success to all your mineral project.