Aluminium in Africa

Aluminium in Africa originates primarily in Guinea, Mozambique and Ghana. Guinea is by far the biggest producer in Africa, and is a world leader in aluminium and bauxite production; see "World bauxite mine production, reserves, and reserve base" at the bauxite article.

There are many companies involved in the aluminium trade in Africa. Principal mine and smelter operators include:

Egypt

www.egyptalum.com.e.g. Nagehammadi factory of aluminium

Ghana

Ghana Bauxite, affiliated with Alcan
Volta Aluminum Company (Valco)

Guinea

Mbendi overview
Rio Tinto Alcan
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) - in the Boké Region - Guinea's largest producer, affiliated with Halco Mining, which is affiliated with Alcan, Alcoa, Reynolds Metals, Pechiney, Comalco, etc.
Alumina Company of Guinea, ACG - operating the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex at Fria ^[1]
Societé des Bauxites de Kindia SBK - state-owned, operates the Kindia mining operations; operated by Rusal (Russia Aluminium) and exports bauxite to Ukraine
Global Alumina Products Corporation, proposed smelting operation in Conakry
Kinia - refinery ^[1]
Sangaredi
There are over 100 Guinean aluminium companies listed at MBendi's Bauxite:Africa:Guinea information page

South Africa

South Africa does not mine bauxite nor refine alumina; BHP Billiton operates two smelters at Richards Bay in Kwazulu Natal.

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Aluminium in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

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