2017 Raw & Manufactured Materials Overview: Bauxite and ...
Refractories' bauxite consumption (directly and via brown fused alumina) accounted for more than 20% of the total non-metallurgical bauxite market in 2015. 2 In the U.S., apparent consumption of bauxite declined by 8.0% in 2015 to 9 Mt, valued at approximately $252 million.