Why is bauxite imported by India?
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Answer:
•India ranks third in the world in bauxite resources (about 3
billion tons), based on which many new Green field Alumina
Refineries have been planned and implemented / being
implemented.
•Most of the resource is however located in the tribal belts &
forest areas, for which the struggle seems to be a long one.
•Despite having good metallurgical bauxite resource, the
new Refineries are required to source bauxite from other
regions for the near and short terms, including importing
bauxite to feed the refineries.
•New Indian refineries are based on simple low pressure
digestion technology & hence can process only low silica
Gibbsitic Bauxites. Therefore high silica low alumina ore
continues to be exported from west coast of India to China,
which can process such ores.
Explanation:
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Bauxite is the primary ore for making Aluminium metal. Despite limited prospecting, the high threshold of quality and dated surveys India is known to be endowed with the 5th largest Bauxite reserve base in the world of 3 billion tons. There is still a lot of potential for discovering a larger Bauxite resource base in India through modern and scientific prospecting methods. Furthermore, India currently produces less than 2 million tons of aluminium per annum, at India’s current rate of aluminium production and consumption, India’s known Bauxite reserves will last for more than 300 years.
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