INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bauxite is the most common aluminum ore. Approximately 98% of primary aluminum production is based on bauxite.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aluminum is primarily sourced from the rock bauxite. Bauxite is composed of aluminum hydroxide minerals such as gibbsite, boehmite, and diaspore. Bauxite forms in areas of intense weathering of aluminum-containing rocks, such as igneous or metamorphic rocks that are rich in feldspar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aluminium can be extracted (uneconomically) from some clays but the most common aluminium ore is a material called bauxite. First the aluminium ore needs to be mined, then the bauxite is refined into alumina (aluminium oxide). Large amounts of electricity are used to smelt the alumina into aluminium metal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bauxite is the primary ore of aluminum. Almost all of the aluminum that has ever been produced has been extracted from bauxite. The United States has a few small bauxite deposits but at least 99% of the bauxite used in the United States is imported. The United States is also a major importer of aluminum metal.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ores of aluminium are: Bauxite, Cryolite and Corundum. Bauxite is hydrated aluminium oxide having the formula Al2O3.