Bauxite

Bauxite is a soft, whitish to reddish-brown rock consisting mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides along with silica, silt, iron hydroxides, and clay minerals. Bauxite is a major source of aluminum. Bauxite is a raw material consisting mainly of alumina-bearing hydroxides, oxides of iron, silicon and titanium with impurities of Ca, Mg, Cr, V, P, Ga and other elements. The iron Oxide in bauxite ore is present as hematite or goethite, silica as clay and free quartz, and titania as leucoxene or ruthile. The country has abundant resources of bauxite which can meet both domestic and export demands. About 85% of bauxite mined worldwide is used to produce alumina for refining into Aluminium metal and 15% of bauxite goes into refractory, chemical, cement, abrasives and other applications. Aluminium is possibly the most versatile product with applications in almost every industry. Since bauxite is the primary source for Aluminium it will always be in great demand. Application & Uses of Bauxite: High quality Bauxite is successfully used for metallurgical grade alumina production besides applications in the cement industry, alumina chemical, steel, alum, energy industries, flame-retardants etc. Aluminium Cement Chemical Blast Furnaces Iron/Steel Ladles Torpedo Cars Electric Arc furnaces Tundishes Soaking Pits Reheat/Soaking Pits Open Hearth Low Grade Bauxite AL2O3 Medium Grade Bauxite AL2O3>50-54% High Grade Bauxite