The Weipa Mine owned by Rio Tinto and located in Queensland, Australia, was the leading bauxite surface mine worldwide in terms of production volume in 2023. The mine produced nearly 35 million metric tons of bauxite that year. The SMB-Winning Boke Bauxite Mining Project, located in Republic of Guinea and owned by Winning International Group, produced an estimated 32.02 million metric tons of bauxite that year, placing it as the world's second-largest bauxite producing mine.
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