How does the Juruti deposit compare to other regions?
Most of the world’s bauxite deposits are located in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Australia has 30% of the global reserves of bauxite, followed by Brazil. With this find of deposits in Juruti, new investments are being made available for the state. By the end of the decade it is estimated that the annual bauxite production volume in the State will reach 30 million tons, almost double the initial capacity. Other countries have proved to be highly attractive to the bauxite mining activity. Guinea, for example, which has enormous, still only partially explored reserves, has already received investments from Alcoa and from Russia. The Chinese are also studying the reserves in that country.
