Global Market of Bauxite Ore, its Reserves, Production and Consumption Scenario vis-a-vis Sustainability of Indian Bauxite Industry

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Authors

  • Modi Manoj
     Research Scholar, Department of Mining Engineering, NIT, Raipur ,IN
  • Dewangan Pankaj
     Associate. Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, NIT, Raipur ,IN

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2023/33376

Keywords:

Bauxite; reserves; production; consumption; sustainable

Abstract

Aluminium is the most abundant metal on the Earth, and one of the widely used metal in the world after steel. Bauxite ores are used to extract alumina and principally source of aluminium in aluminium industry. Due to fast growth of aluminium industries, mechanisations, automations and suburbanization developments, the demand of bauxite ore has increased drastically in the last few years. With the huge global demand and limited availability of high-grade bauxite reserves, now, it is the right time to develop some advanced techniques to extract alumina from low grade and medium grade bauxite ores. Also, thrust must be given towards precise exploratory work, computerised mine planning and mineral beneficiation process for better utilization of available low grade bauxite ores. Apart from this, initiatives must be taken to develop new models and dynamic approach to address the ecological, geographical, legal, technical, economically feasible and political issues for bauxite mining on sustainable basis. This paper deliberates the geographical and geological setting of bauxite ores globally, trends in ore production, and its utilization with reference to our country with an objective of fulfilling not only the needs of present generation but preservation for the future requirements as well.

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2023-04-13

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Modi Manoj, & Dewangan Pankaj. (2023). Global Market of Bauxite Ore, its Reserves, Production and Consumption Scenario vis-a-vis Sustainability of Indian Bauxite Industry. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 71(2), 132–140. https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2023/33376

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