Brazil's bauxite exports increase by 20% in 2025 even as production remains stagnant at 30-33 million

Brazil sits among the world's five major bauxite players as of 2025 - alongside Guinea, Australia, Vietnam and Indonesia - with reserves estimated at around 1.7 billion tonnes. But that hasn't translated into higher output. Production reached 33 million tonnes in 2025, unchanged from 2024, and has been moving in the same 3033 million tonnes range for the past five years.

This gap between what the country has and what it produces shows in other sector too. In rare earths, Brazil holds 23.3 per cent of global reserves but contributed only 0.01 per cent of output in 2024, pointing to a wider structural issue in the mining sector. Domestic refineries shape