Barite is an important non-metallic mineral raw material and has a wide range of industrial applications.

Barite and oil are blended and then coated on a cloth base to make tarpaulins; barite powder is used to refine kerosene; used as a contrast agent for digestive tracts in the pharmaceutical industry; it can also be used to produce pesticides, leather, and fireworks. In addition, barite is also used to extract barium metal, as a getter and adhesive for TV and other vacuum tubes. Barium is alloyed with other metals (aluminum, magnesium, lead, calcium) for bearing manufacturing.

With barite as raw material, barium oxide, barium carbonate, barium chloride, barium nitrate, precipitated barium sulfate, barium hydroxide and other chemical raw materials can be manufactured. Chemically pure barium sulfate is the standard for measuring whiteness; barium carbonate is the optical glass An important raw material, it introduces BaO into glass, thereby increasing the refractive index of the glass and improving other optical properties; used in the preparation of glazes in ceramics; barium chloride is an agricultural pesticide; barium nitrate is used in fireworks and In the glass industry; barium permanganate is a green pigment.