Bauxite mining in 2005
Bauxite is one of the most important aluminum ores.
Content
List of Bauxite Mining Countries
The list of bauxite mining countries in 2014 is based on data from the British Geological Survey .
| No. | Place in 2007 | A country | Bauxites (tons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | 234 million | ||
| one | one | Australia | 81,000,000 |
| 2 | 2 | China | 47,000,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Brazil | 32 500 000 |
| four | four | Guinea | 19.3 million |
| five | five | India | 19,000,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Jamaica | 9 800 000 |
| 7 | 7 | Kazakhstan | 5 500 000 |
| eight | eight | Russia | 5,300,000 |
| 9 | 9 | Suriname | 2 700 000 |
| ten | ten | Venezuela | 2,200,000 |
| eleven | eleven | Greece | 2 100 000 |
| 12 | 12 | Guyana | 1 800 000 |
| 13 | 13 | Vietnam | 1,000,000 |
| 14 | 14 | Indonesia | 500,000 |
See also
- Bauxites
- Aluminum
- List of Aluminum Smelting Countries
- Aluminum industry
- Non-ferrous metallurgy
Notes
Links
- British Geological Survey complete list
- Map of countries and bauxite deposits in the world at the end of the 20th century.
- http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/bauxite/mcs-2015-bauxi.pdf