Bauxite (/ˈbɔːksaɪt/) is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite...
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Bauxite fibrosis is a progressive form of pneumoconiosis usually caused by occupational exposure to bauxite fumes which contain aluminium and silica particulates...
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Red mud (redirect from Bauxite tailings)
Red mud, now more frequently termed bauxite residue, is an industrial waste generated during the processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process...
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Bauxite is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Located within Central Arkansas, the city is named for bauxite, the source ore for aluminum...
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The Weipa bauxite mine is a bauxite mine at Weipa on the western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. A geologist named Harry Evans...
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aluminium. Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer, producing almost a third of global bauxite. Bauxite is mined in Australia using open-cut mining...
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industrial means of refining bauxite to produce alumina (aluminium oxide) and was developed by Carl Josef Bayer. Bauxite, the most important ore of aluminium...
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Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is a Guinean mining company. Since 1963 it has extracted bauxite from the notable mine in Sangarédi, in Boké Region...
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The Bauxite of Cornet is a geological formation in Romania whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that...
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Bauxite mining in the United States produced an estimated 128,000 metric tonnes of bauxite in 2013. Although the United States was an important source...
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Noranda Mines (redirect from Noranda Bauxite Limited)
in the Gramercy alumina refinery in Louisiana and associated Jamaican bauxite deposits. By 2005, the company had operations in 18 countries. Noranda...
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a list of countries by bauxite production in 2023. It exhibits certain changes from the geographical rankings of 2022. "Bauxite and Alumina 2023 Annual...
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bauxite (AlOx(OH)3–2x). Bauxite occurs as a weathering product of low iron and silica bedrock in tropical climatic conditions. In 2017, most bauxite was...
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agriculture and mineral production. It is the world's second largest producer of bauxite, and has deposits of diamonds and gold. As of the most recent survey in...
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Vietnamese democracy movement (section Bauxite crisis)
plan for bauxite was approved by the Vietnamese government in 2007. Vinacomin, a Vietnamese mining company, has laid out a plan for 6 bauxite mining projects...
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because it has large reserves of lead, zinc, silver, nickel, cobalt, copper, iron and bauxite. Miners at the Trepča Mines in Mitrovica, Kosovo in 2011....
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Linden, Guyana (category Bauxite mining in Guyana)
It is primarily a bauxite mining town, containing many mines 60–90 m deep, with many other pits now in disuse. Commercial bauxite mining started in Linden...
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China Hongqiao Group (section Bauxite)
single bauxite importer. In Guinea, China Hongqiao set up a joint-venture mining company and a river port company, concentrating primarily on bauxite mining...
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Mining in Malaysia (section Bauxite)
is one of the main industries in Malaysia. Malaysia produces aggregate, bauxite, clay, coal, copper, feldspar, gold, gravel, ilmenite, iron ore, kaolin...
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Economy of Suriname (redirect from Bauxite mining in Suriname)
exports of aluminium oxide and small amounts of aluminium produced from bauxite mined in the country. However, after the departure of Alcoa, the economy...
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Mining in Guyana (section Bauxite)
a significant contributor to the economy owing to sizable reserves of bauxite, gold, and diamonds. Much of these resources are found in Guyana's Hilly...
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Guangxi (section Bauxite reserves)
Youjiang, have very high-quality bauxite, a raw material for making aluminum. Currently, the proven reserves of bauxite in Guangxi are about 1 billion tons...
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minerals are the main component of bauxite, the principal ore of aluminium. A mixture of the minerals comprise bauxite ore, including gibbsite (Al(OH)3)...
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USS Bauxite (IX-154), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be...
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economy is heavily dependent on its abundant natural resources, namely bauxite, gold, petroleum, and agricultural products. Suriname is a member of the...
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Bayer process, are the dominant processes for production of aluminum from bauxite ore.[citation needed] Fewer than ten sites in the United States and Europe...
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hosts large deposits of the aluminum-rich sedimentary rock bauxite. The discovery of bauxite deposits approximately 70 years ago made Brazil one of the...
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Compagnie des bauxites de Kindia (CBK) is a Guinean company in the mining sector. Since 2001, it has mined the large Kindia Bauxite deposit in Kindia...
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Geological Survey, Vietnam is estimated to hold the world's third-largest bauxite ore reserves after Guinea and Australia. The majority of Vietnam's reserves...
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