Global bauxite production refused to blink in 2025, leading to an output exceeding 475 mln

The global bauxite production for 2025 stands at an estimated 475-480 million tonnes, as per AL Circle research. The year has seen it all. From sanctions to initiations, hikes to deflations and a series of volatilities hitting the industry over and over. But the bauxite industry has pushed through all obstacles and maintained the year’s forecast. What all shaped the industry last year? Here’s a list of major to minor incidents that influenced global bauxite 2025.

Courts, coffers and the opening bell of disruption It began with a surge of capital into Guinea when Arrow Minerals secured USD 7 million to accelerate its Niagara bauxite and Simandou North projects, effectively announcing that despite rising political risk, West Africa remained the industry's gravitational core. Within days, however,