List of countries by bauxite production
Bauxite is the most important aluminium ore. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite γ-AlO(OH), and diaspore α-AlO(OH), in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2. 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 2007 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in September 2010.
| Rank |
Country/Region |
Bauxite (tonnes) |
|
World |
213,000,000 |
| 1 |
Australia |
62,428,000 |
| 2 |
Brazil |
25,460,700 |
| 3 |
India |
22,999,000 |
| 4 |
China |
21,600,000 |
| 4 |
Guinea |
18,519,010 |
| 5 |
Indonesia |
16,000,000 |
| 6 |
Jamaica |
14,567,738 |
| 8 |
Russia |
6,053,900 |
| 9 |
Suriname |
5,273,195 |
| 10 |
Venezuela |
5,000,000 |
| 11 |
Kazakhstan |
4,962,600 |
| 12 |
Guyana |
2,248,928 |
| 13 |
Greece |
2,220,000 |
| 14 |
Sierra Leone |
1,169,036 |
| 15 |
Ghana |
1,033,368 |
| 16 |
Turkey |
863,404 |
| 17 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
800,546 |
| 18 |
Montenegro |
667,053 |
| 19 |
Hungary |
515,061 |
| 20 |
Iran |
500,000 |
| 21 |
France |
160,000 |
| 22 |
Malaysia |
156,785 |
| 23 |
United States |
128,742 |
| 24 |
Vietnam |
80,000 |
| 25 |
Pakistan |
18,082 |
| 26 |
Mozambique |
11,800 |
| 27 |
Tanzania |
5,003 |
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