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Boké bauxite

Boké, Guinea10.94°N 14.30°W

computed criticality41/100

reading

Guinea ~1st bauxite exporter in the world; ~65% of Chinese imports

2024

Fault line

Guinean bauxite feeds a large share of China's alumina refineries, the base of the aluminium chain. Political instability in Conakry or an export restriction would ripple through the entire global metal chain.

Actors

CBG

SMB (Winning Consortium)

Feeds 3

Rusal, BratskCritical Metals↗Aluminium smelting, Binzhou, ShandongCritical Metals↗Port of Shanghai, YangshanChokepoints↗

Sources

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, 2024

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