Chemistry:List of countries by primary aluminium production
This is a list of countries by primary aluminium production.[1][2] Primary aluminium is produced from aluminium oxide which is obtained from bauxite and excludes recycled aluminium. Only countries with a minimum production of 100,000 tonnes are listed.
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|style=text-align:left| China||36,000||2019
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India||3,700||2019
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Russia||3,600||2019
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Canada||2,900||2019
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United Arab Emirates||2,700||2019
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Australia||1,580||2018
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Bahrain||1,400||2019
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Norway||1,300||2019
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United States||1,100||2019
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Saudi Arabia||932||2018
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Iceland||850||2019
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Malaysia||760||2018
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South Africa||714||2018
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Brazil||659||2018
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Qatar||616||2018
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Mozambique||571||2018
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Germany||529||2018
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Argentina||438||2018
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France||380||2018
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Oman||380||2018
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Iran||370||2018
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Spain||350||2018
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New Zealand||340||2018
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Egypt||317||2018
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Romania||283||2018
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Kazakhstan||258||2018
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Indonesia||242||2018
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Slovakia||212||2019
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Greece||184||2019
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Sweden||126||2019
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Venezuela||108||2019
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See also
- List of countries by aluminium oxide production
- List of aluminium smelters
References
- ↑ Brown, T. J.; Idoine, N. E.; Raycraft, E. R. et al. (2020). World Mineral Production: 2014–2018. British Geological Survey. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-85272-788-1. https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/download/world_statistics/2010s/WMP_2014_2018.pdf.
- ↑ (in en) USGS Minerals Information: Mineral Commodity Summaries. doi:10.3133/70194932. https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-aluminum.pdf. Retrieved 2020-12-17.