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What does bauxite mean?

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  1. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
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The major exports are bauxite and alumina, apparel, sugar, bananas, coffee, citrus and citrus products, rum, cocoa, and labor.
Mineral deposits include oil and natural gas, gold, uranium, bauxite, nickel, and cobalt.
We can go on to by-products of petroleum such as plastics and with gas as fuel we can do aluminium products with bauxite from Guyana and Jamaica.
The basis of this technique is successful use on 7004 alloy railcar hoppers in Canada used for carrying sea water washed bauxite.
However, iron oxides, which are generally present in bauxite, may undesirably raise the catalytic activity of bauxite.
In Jamaica, extensive bauxite deposits are found overlying limestone and dolomite.

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