Africa
Guinea
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
2 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
0 plants in the atlas
What it produces
Maps →USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · 2025 (estimated) · each row keeps the unit the source uses for that commodity · source ↗
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| Material | Series | Production | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite | Bauxite, mine production | 150,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 34.1% |
| Alumina | Alumina, refinery production | 360.0 | thousand metric dry tons | 0.2% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite | Bauxite reserves | 7,400,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 25.5% |
Journeys that pass through Guinea
All journeys →Material that is dug up here, refined here, or simply crosses the border on its way somewhere else.
Guinean bauxite to an aluminium window frame starts here Four tonnes of tropical soil, two tonnes of white powder, one tonne of metal — and the metal is made wherever the power is…