Global bauxite and alumina:70 sites, 435 nameplate capacity.

70 sites as of 28 October 2026, with 70 placed on a map and 15 sourced figures and 11 recorded deals. Coverage: 70 of 70 sites carry a source link and 70 of 70 are on a map. This counts the sites we have recorded, not every bauxite and alumina site in Global, and it grows as coverage grows.

Australia, with 14 of the 70 sites tracked (20%). Next: Guinea (8), India (8), China (7), Brazil (6). Coverage: counts are sites tracked, not a census; countries that rank lower are in the workspace.

The three countries with the most sites, Australia, Guinea, India, hold 30 of the 70 sites tracked (43%). Coverage: this is the spread of the sites we track, which may differ from the spread of all bauxite and alumina sites in Global.

By sites tracked: Alcoa (8), Chalco (8), Rio Tinto (8), Rusal (7), Hindalco (5). This ranks by sites tracked, not by nameplate capacity, so a ranking by capacity or area can put the same names in a different order. Coverage: the 5 named hold 36 of 70 sites tracked; a site is listed under the operator its source names, and where none is named it is not attributed.

Operating: 381 nameplate capacity. Planned or under construction: 51 nameplate capacity. Operating means a site that is open; planned means announced, planned or under construction. The two are different statuses and are never added together. Coverage: nameplate capacity is reported for 70 of 70 sites; a site with no reported figure adds nothing.

In Australia, nameplate capacity is 144 nameplate capacity operating and 28 nameplate capacity planned or under construction. Coverage: reported for 14 of 14 sites in Australia; the rest add nothing.

By sites tracked in Australia: Rio Tinto (7), Alcoa (5), South32 (2). Coverage: sites in Australia whose source names no operator are not attributed to anyone here.

Alcoa has 8 sites tracked: 7 operating and 0 planned or under construction. Largest countries: Australia (5), Brazil (2), Spain (1). Coverage: Alcoa is the largest operator by sites tracked, and these are the sites we have recorded under its name, not necessarily everything it runs.

11 deals in Global, each with its date and a link to the page that reported it. The full list is in the workspace after sign-in. Coverage: these are deals reported by the pages we read, not every transaction in the market.

Figures link to the page that published them; 70 of 70 sites here carry a source link. Publishers behind this market's data include Rio Tinto, Alcoa Corporation, Chalco, UC Rusal, Hindalco Industries. How a source line reads, and what is left out, is on the methods page. Coverage: a site without a source link is listed as recorded and its figures are not shown as sourced.

The public figures on this page are as of 28 October 2026. They change as sites, sources and deals are added. Coverage: this is the date of the latest public export of counts, not of every record in the workspace.