List of countries by bauxite production - wikipedia List of countries by bauxite production World bauxite output in 2005. Bauxite is the most important aluminum ore. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al ( OH ), boehmite γ - AlO ( OH ), and diaspore α - AlO ( OH ), in a mixture that usually includes the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, and may include the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of the titanium minerals anatase TiO, Ilmenite, FeTiO, and FeOTiO. Bauxite was named after the village Les Baux in southern France, where it was first recognised as containing aluminium and named by the French geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821. List of producing countries This is a list of countries by bauxite production in 2017. Rank Country / Region Bauxite ( thousand tonnes ) World 300,000 Australia 83,000 China 68,000 Guinea 45,000 Brazil 36,000 India 19,000 6 Jamaica 9,800 7 Kazakhstan 5,500 8 Russia 5,300 9 Suriname 2,700 10 Venezuela 2,200 11 Greece 2,100 12 Guyana 1,800 13 Vietnam 1,000 14 Indonesia 500 Other Countries 4,760 Citations Jump up ^ Geological Survey Professional Paper page b20 Jump up ^ The Clay Minerals Society Glossary for Clay Science Project Archived 2016 - 04 - 16 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2018 ( PDF ). U.S. Geological Survey. 2018. pp. 30 -- 31. Lists of countries by industrial output rankings Metallurgy Aluminium Al O Bauxite Bismuth Copper smelter Gold Iron ore Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury Palladium Platinum Silver Steel Tin Titanium Uranium reserves Zinc Mineral Antimony Bentonite Feldspar Fluorite Silicon Salt Emissions CO per capita GDP per Greenhouse gas per capita Others Manufacturing Cement Motor vehicles Paper Refrigerators Washing machines List of international rankings List of top international rankings by country Lists by country Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_countries_by_bauxite_production&oldid=840726066 '' Categories : Lists of countries by mineral production Bauxite mining Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk About Wikipedia فارسی Русский தமிழ் ไทย Українська اردو Edit links This page was last edited on 11 May 2018, at 19 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does most of the bauxite come from
Answer: Australia