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This is a list of countries by bauxite production in 2023. There have been some changes from the geographical rankings of 2022. There have been some changes from the geographical rankings of 2022. Data
List of countries by aluminium production: Bauxite [7] Australia Guinea: List of countries by bauxite production: Bismuth [8] China Vietnam: List of countries by bismuth production: Copper [9] Chile Peru: List of countries by copper production: Chromium [10] South Africa Turkey: List of countries by chromium production: Gold [11] China Australia
The history of bauxite mining in Ghana dates back to the early 20th century. Bauxite was first discovered in the country in 1921 at Awaso, in the Western North Region. The first operations began in the 1940s, with the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) managing the extraction and export of bauxite since then. [4]
World bauxite production in 2005 One of the world's largest bauxite mines in Weipa, in northern Queensland, Australia. Australia is the largest producer of bauxite, followed by Guinea and China. [8] Bauxite is usually strip mined because it is almost always found near the surface of the terrain, with little or no overburden.
Bauxite and Alumina, United States Geological Survey; Hydro Aluminium, (2004). Shaping Solutions for the Future, Oslo: Hydro Media. United Nations, (2000). United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Recent and Planned Changes in Production Capacity for Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium
In 2019, Brazil's figures were as follows: it was the world's largest producer of niobium (88.9 thousand tons); [2] the 2nd largest world producer of tantalum (430 tons); [3] the 2nd largest world producer of iron ore (405 million tons); [4] the 4th largest world producer of manganese (1.74 million tons); [5] the 4th largest world producer of bauxite (34 million tons); [6] the 4th largest ...
English: The Western Australian Alumina & Bauxite Production chart 2000 to 2022, based on the figures released in the annual Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistic Digest. Date 8 March 2023
Bauxite mining in Australia is an economically significant industry both for Australia and globally. [2] The industry focuses on the mining of bauxite, the primary raw material for alumina and aluminium. [3] Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer, producing almost a third of global bauxite. [2]