Australia was the largest producer of bauxite worldwide in 2021, accounting for a 28.2 share of global production. Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer, and the world's largest bauxite mine, the Weipa Mine, is located there. China ranked second, with a 22.1 percent production share.
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock mined for its high concentrations of aluminum-bearing minerals. Four to five metric tons of bauxite is processed into two metric tons of alumina, which is then processed through electrolysis into one metric ton of aluminum.
Distribution of bauxite production worldwide in 2021, by country
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Visual Capitalist. (August 12, 2022). Distribution of bauxite production worldwide in 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343888/worldwide-share-of-bauxite-production-by-country/
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