BAUXITE MINING IN INDIA AND WORLD

BAUXITE :

 80 % of bauxite [ore of aluminium] ore is
used for making aluminium.
 Found mainly as hydrated aluminium
oxides.
 Total resources == 3,480 million tonnes ==
84 per cent resource are of metallurgical grade

Bauxite Distribution in India

 Odisha alone accounts for 52 per cent
 Andhra Pradesh 18 per cent
 Gujarat 7 per cent
 Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra 5 per cent
each
 Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand 4 percent.

Major bauxite resources are in the east
coast in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

 India manages to export small quantities
of bauxite.

 Major importers are Italy (60%), U.K.
(25%), Germany (9%) and Japan (4%).



Odisha
 Largest bauxite producing state.
 One-third of the total production of India.
Kalahandi and Koraput districts.
 Extends further into Andhra Pradesh
 The main deposits occur in Kalahandi,
Koraput, Sundargarh, Bolangir and
Sambalpur districts.

Chhattisgarh
 Second largest producer.
 Maikala range in Bilaspur, Durg districts
and the Amarkantak plateau regions of
Surguja, Raigarh and Bilaspur are some of
the areas having rich deposits of bauxite.

Maharashtra
 Third largest producer.
 Largest deposits occur in Kolhapur
district.
 Kolhapur district contain rich deposits
with alumina content 52 to 89 per cent.
 Other districts: Thane, Ratnagiri, Satara
and Pune.

Jharkhand
 Ranchi, Lohardaga, Palamu and Gumla
districts.
 High grade ore occurs in Lohardaga.

Gujarat
 Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kachchh,
Sabarkantha, Amreli and Bhavnagar.
 The most important deposits occur in a
belt lying between the Gulf of Kachchh
and the Arabian sea through Bhavnagar,
Junagadh and Amreli districts.

M.P.
 Amarkantak plateau area, the Maikala
range in Shandol, Mandla and Balaghat
districts and the Kotni area of Jabalpur
district are the main producers.

Bauxite Distribution – World
 Australia (31.34%),
 China (18.41%),
 Brazil (13.93%),
 Guinea (8.36%), etc.