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.
| Country | Production in thousand tonnes |
Year |
|---|---|---|
| World | 64,000 | 2019 |
China |
36,000 | 2019 |
India |
3,700 | 2019 |
Russia |
3,600 | 2019 |
Canada |
2,900 | 2019 |
United Arab Emirates |
2,700 | 2019 |
Australia |
1,580 | 2018 |
Bahrain |
1,400 | 2019 |
Norway |
1,300 | 2019 |
United States |
1,100 | 2019 |
Saudi Arabia |
932 | 2018 |
Iceland |
850 | 2019 |
Malaysia |
760 | 2018 |
South Africa |
714 | 2018 |
Brazil |
659 | 2018 |
Qatar |
616 | 2018 |
Mozambique |
571 | 2018 |
Germany |
529 | 2018 |
Argentina |
438 | 2018 |
France |
380 | 2018 |
Oman |
380 | 2018 |
Iran |
370 | 2018 |
Spain |
350 | 2018 |
New Zealand |
340 | 2018 |
Egypt |
317 | 2018 |
Romania |
283 | 2018 |
Kazakhstan |
258 | 2018 |
Indonesia |
242 | 2018 |
Slovakia |
212 | 2019 |
Greece |
184 | 2019 |
Sweden |
126 | 2019 |
Venezuela |
108 | 2019 |
See also
References
- ^ Brown, T. J.; Idoine, N. E.; Raycraft, E. R.; et al. (2020). World Mineral Production: 2014–2018 (PDF). British Geological Survey. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-85272-788-1.
- ^ "USGS Minerals Information: Mineral Commodity Summaries" (PDF). minerals.usgs.gov. doi: 10.3133/70194932. Retrieved 2020-12-17.