List of countries by bauxite production


Bauxite is the most important aluminum ore. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture that usually includes the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, and may include the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of the titanium minerals anatase TiO2, Ilmenite, FeTiO3, and FeOTiO2.
Bauxite was named after the village Les Baux in southern France, where it was first recognised as containing aluminium and named by the French geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821.

List of producing countries

This is a list of countries by bauxite production in 2018.
RankCountryProduction
1 Australia86,400
2 China79,000
3 Guinea57,000
4 Brazil29,000
5 India23,000
6 Indonesia11,000
7 Jamaica10,100
8 Russia5,650
9 Kazakhstan5,000
10 Vietnam4,100
11 South Arabia3,890
12 Greece1,800
13 Guyana1,700
Other countries9,000
World327,000

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