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PROSPECTOR TRAILS · INFOGRAPHIC · DATA YEAR 2025 Aluminium and bauxite Al Base metal · symbol Al Aluminium is the most used non-ferrous metal: transport, packaging, construction, power lines and electronics. Bauxite is refined to alumina and then smelted, which uses large amounts of electricity. WORLD MINE PRODUCTION 2025 440 Mt dry bauxite. USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries. TOP PRODUCER: GUINEA 34% 150 Mt of the world total in 2025. WORLD RESERVES 2025 29 Gt Largest in Guinea (7.4 Gt). dry bauxite. CRITICAL MINERAL LISTS 8 Current government critical or strategic lists naming aluminium and bauxite, across 7 jurisdictions. TOP 3 PRODUCERS 76% US NET IMPORT RELIANCE 2025 75% PRICE 2025 2,630 $/mt TOP PRODUCERS 2025 Where aluminium and bauxite comes from Guinea 150 Mt 34% Australia 97 Mt 22% China 87 Mt 20% Brazil 33 Mt 7.5% India 25 Mt 5.7% Indonesia 10 Mt 2.3% Jamaica 6.2 Mt 1.4% Russia 5.7 Mt 1.3% Saudi Arabia 5.7 Mt 1.3% Kazakhstan 4.8 Mt 1.1% Mine production, dry bauxite. Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, estimates. Bauxite output was about 440 Mt in 2025, led by Guinea (150 Mt), Australia (97 Mt) and China (87 Mt). China refined about 93 of 150 Mt of alumina and smelted about 45 of 74 Mt of primary aluminium. Reserves of bauxite are about 29 Gt, with Guinea largest. 1900–2021 A century of aluminium and bauxite production 0.00 t 18 Mt 35 Mt 52 Mt 70 Mt 1900 1917 1935 1952 1969 1986 2004 2021 2021: 68 Mt 1900: 6.8 kt World production, USGS column 'World production'. Source: USGS Data Series 140, historical statistics. PRODUCING COUNTRIES 13 countries reported aluminium and bauxite output in 2025 Filled countries produce it; brighter is larger. Outline map simplified from Natural Earth. TRADE FLOWS 2024 Biggest aluminium and bauxite trade routes Canada → United States $4.6 bn Russia → China $3.5 bn Iceland → Netherlands $1.2 bn Australia → South Korea $920 m Netherlands → Germany $761 m HS 760110: Unwrought aluminium, not alloyed. World trade $38 bn in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI (HS22). POLICY On the critical lists United States (USGS): critical 2025 European Union: strategic 2024 United Kingdom (BGS): critical 2024 Australia: strategic 2024 Canada: critical 2024 United States (DOE): critical 2023 South Korea: critical 2023 China: strategic 2016 prospectortrails.com Sources: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, CEPII BACI, IEA (CC BY 4.0), World Bank, government lists. Figures rounded. PROSPECTOR TRAILS Open data, drawn in numbers Aluminium and bauxite infographic: world production, top producers, reserves, a century of output, producing countries on a map, trade routes, critical lists. Data year 2025.
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Critical mineral lists 8 current lists in 7 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, China, European Union, United Kingdom, South Korea, United States) government critical mineral lists Price, 2025 2,630 $/mt (Aluminum (nominal USD; LME unalloyed primary ingots, high grade, min 99.7% purity, settlement price (from 2005))) World Bank Pink Sheet Largest trade flow, 2024 Canada → United States, $4.6 bn (HS 760110, Unwrought aluminium, not alloyed); world trade $38 bn CEPII BACI trade database Sources
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics) · CEPII BACI trade database · government critical mineral lists . Figures are rounded; country names follow our atlas.
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