πŸ“™ Table of Contents πŸ“˜
  1. 🌐 World Alumina Bar Chart πŸ“Š
  2. 🌐 World Alumina Table πŸ“‹
  3. Data Sources
  4. πŸ“ References πŸ“ƒ
  5. πŸ“˜ Bibliography πŸ“—
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🌐 World's Largest Alumina Producing Countries 🏭 in 2018

Beautiful πŸ“Š Graphical Ranking πŸ… and Tabular Comparison of the πŸ—ΊοΈ World's Biggest Alumina Producer Nations 🏭 and Regions as of 31st December 2018.

by Charles Adams

1) 🌐 World Alumina Production Bar Chart πŸ“Š (by Nation)

China was the largest alumina producing country in the world in 2018, while Australia was the second-largest and Brazil the third-largest [1]. Meanwhile, Odisha was the fourth-largest alumina producer in the world [2].

2) 🌐 World Alumina Production Table πŸ“‹ (by Nation)

Nation or Region Production (Million Metric Tonnes)
China 72.531
Australia 20.417
Brazil 8.100
Odisha 5.161
Russia 2.763
Jamaica 2.484
Germany 1.900
Ireland 1.874
Saudi Arabia 1.765
Kazakhstan 1.500
Ukraine 1.715
Spain 1.589

3) Data Sources

The above 2018 data for most countries was obtained from the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) Minerals Yearbook 2018 [3]. Meanwhile, 2018 data for Odisha was obtained from a report published by the Ministry of Mines, adding the totals for the Damanjodi (2.107 million tonnes), Utkal Alumina (1.554 million tonnes) and Lanjigarh (1.500 million tonnes) plants [4].

πŸ“ References πŸ“ƒ

  1. ^ Bray, Bauxite and Alumina, Table 12 - Alumina: World Production, By Country or Locality.
  2. ^ Ministry of Mines, Aluminium and Alumina, Table – 6: Production of Alumina 2017-18 and 2018-19 (By Plants).
  3. ^ Bray, Bauxite and Alumina, Table 12 - Alumina: World Production, By Country or Locality.
  4. ^ Ministry of Mines, Aluminium and Alumina, Table – 6: Production of Alumina 2017-18 and 2018-19 (By Plants).

πŸ“˜ Bibliography πŸ“—

Book Cover of Bauxite and Alumina [Advance Release] by Bray, E. L Bray, E. L. 'Bauxite and Alumina [Advance Release]'. In: U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook 2018, Volume I (Metals and Minerals). Reston (Virginia): US Geological Survey, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3133/mybvI .
Book Cover of Aluminium and Alumina (Advance Release) by Ministry of Mines Ministry of Mines. 'Aluminium and Alumina (Advance Release)'. In: Indian Minerals Yearbook 2019 ( https://ibm.gov.in/?c=pages&m=index&id=1473 ), Volume II (Metals and Alloys) ( https://ibm.gov.in/?c=pages&m=index&id=1484 ), pages 1-1 to 1-15. 58th Edition. Nagpur (Maharashtra): Ministry of Mines, 2019.

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