Correct Answer - Option 4 : Australia
Bauxite is essentially a metallic material, it is also employed in the industry. It's the only resource that can be utilised to make substantial amounts of aluminium.
- Bauxite is a product of weathering.
- Bauxite is a soft limonite iron ore rock with portions of its iron composition replaced by aluminium.
- Bauxite forms when silica leaches out from laterite soil.
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Bauxite is one rock that is found in large quantities in many countries from all around the world. Some countries have more than 100 years worth of reserves of Bauxite.
- The rock is easily obtained by open cast mining.
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Australia is the leading producer of the largest amount of bauxite worldwide. In the year 2020, the country produced 110 million metric tons of bauxite.
- Following Australia was Guinea, which produced 82 million metric tons of Bauxite.
Thus, Australia is the leading producer of Bauxite.
- India ranks 5th in the production of Bauxite.
- As much as 80 per cent of the bauxite is used for producing aluminium. India’s exports of bauxite have been reduced considerably due to increasing demand in the home market.
- Still, India manages to export small quantities of bauxite. The main buyers of Indian bauxite are Italy (60%), the U.K. (25%), Germany (9%), and Japan (4%).
