Bauxite Ore
Category: Minerals Salts and Metals
Description
Bauxite ore is supplied for aluminum production metallurgical processing and industrial use. Bauxite is a reddish-brown sedimentary rock that serves as the world’s primary ore for aluminium, containing hydrated aluminium oxides (gibbsite, boehmite, diaspore) mixed with iron oxides. It is mined via open-pit methods, mostly in tropical regions like Guinea and Australia, and processed into alumina before smelting.
