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It sounds like it is mined in many different areas, including the US, but here is a little info from one company:

"It is naturally found in the form of bauxite, an ore containing aluminum oxide, or alumina. We surface mine bauxite from reserves in Australia, Brazil, Suriname, Jamaica and other parts of the world, processing most of it into alumina. In 2003, Alcoa consumed 30.8 million metric tons (mt) of bauxite from its own reserves, 6.9 million mt from related third parties and 1.9 million mt from unrelated third parties."

2006-10-10 14:34:35 · answer #1 · answered by deKipper 2 · 0 0

Try the CIA World Factbook. Click on a country then click on the little list icon next to "Exports - Commodities". It will give you a list of all the commodities of all the countries. Then use the "Find" function in your browser to search for the word aluminum.

2006-10-10 14:28:35 · answer #2 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0 0

certainly there is extra oil in Canada then in Saudia Arabia the only reason we don't see it contained in the quantity of barrels is because of the fact there remains a good number of r & d occurring and oil sands that have not been mined or drilled. Do you comprehend additionally that ninety% of the worlds oil would not come from the midsection east? Venezuela produced ninety seven Billion barrels in 2006, Russia 60 billion, Libya 39 billion, Nigeria 35 billion, us of a 21 billion and the record is going on and on.

2016-10-02 04:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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