Guyana Bauxite Industry Portal

From resource to industrial value.

A portal for understanding Guyana's bauxite resources, producers, export corridors and the opportunity to build a deeper downstream industry—from mining and calcination to alumina and advanced materials.

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Explore the Industry View Global Corridors
Guyana Bauxite global trade corridors map showing routes from Guyana to the United States, Canada, China, Russia and the United Kingdom, plus Guyana calcination and alumina facilities and a U.S. BFA plant
Illustrative global trade corridors connecting Guyana's bauxite value chain with major industrial markets. Routes are strategic illustrations and do not represent a claim that every producer currently ships to every destination.
1.76M tGuyana bauxite production, H1 2026
+7.3%H1 2026 bauxite subsector growth
US$144.1M2025 bauxite export value
>50%First Bauxite output shipped to U.S., reported June 2025
Industry intelligence

A legacy mineral with a new strategic role.

Guyana has mined bauxite for more than a century. The next opportunity is not simply to expand tonnage—it is to capture more value between the mine and the finished industrial product.

01

High-purity resources

Guyana supplies metallurgical and non-metallurgical bauxite, including high-purity material used in demanding industrial applications such as refractories, steelmaking, abrasives and water treatment.

02

Established producers

Operations include the Linden and Bonasika mining districts, with established processing and river logistics connecting inland resources to international markets.

03

Downstream opportunity

Calcination, alumina refining and advanced-material production can move Guyana beyond raw ore exports toward higher-value industrial products and more resilient supply chains.

Stage 1

Mine

Selective extraction of Guyana's bauxite resources.

Stage 2

Beneficiate

Upgrade, wash, crush, size and prepare ore.

Stage 3

Calcine

Thermally upgrade material for high-value refractory markets.

Stage 4

Refine

Convert suitable bauxite feed into alumina.

Stage 5

Manufacture

Produce BFA and other advanced downstream materials.

Industry intelligence

Guyana Bauxite Resource & Product Matrix

An interactive view of Guyana’s principal bauxite grades, producing districts, operators, resources, output, processing intensity, markets and downstream development opportunities.

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Status Grade / product Mine / location Producer Reserve / resource Annual output Primary use Processing in Guyana Destination markets Downstream opportunity
Active Metallurgical-grade bauxite (MAZ)
High-alumina ore for refining		 Linden / Region 10
East Montgomery and associated Linden deposits		 Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. 200+ Mt
Company-level resource figure; broader Bosai holdings		 ~3.32 Mt
2025 national MAZ production		 Feedstock for alumina refining and primary aluminum production. Mine Crush / size Dry
No commercial alumina refining currently in Guyana. 		China; international alumina / aluminum supply chains. Large-scale alumina refinery in Guyana; associated power, gas, port and chemical infrastructure.
Active Refractory-grade / RASC
Refractory A-grade super calcined bauxite		 Linden / Region 10 Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. Within 200+ Mt
No separately verified current RASC reserve published		 ~197,714 t
2025 production		 Refractory brick, castables, steel, cement, glass and other high-temperature applications. Beneficiated Rotary-kiln calcined United States; Europe; international refractory customers. Second-generation calcination plants, higher-spec refractory products and fused-mineral feedstocks.
Active Chemical-grade bauxite (CGB) Linden / Region 10 Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. Within Bosai resource base ~334,282 t
2025 production		 Aluminum sulfate, water-treatment chemistry and specialty alumina chemical applications. Wash Crush / size Dry United States; Europe; specialty chemical markets. Alumina chemicals, water-treatment products and specialty aluminum compounds produced closer to the mine.
Active / intermittent Cement-grade bauxite (CeGB) Linden / Region 10 Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. Within Bosai resource base ~100k–200k t/yr capacity
Historical stated product capacity; current output varies		 High-alumina cement and calcium-aluminate cement applications. Crush / size Dry Caribbean; United States; international specialty cement markets. Calcium-aluminate cement and other construction-material manufacturing in Guyana.
Active / specialty Abrasive-grade bauxite (AGB / AAC) Linden / Region 10 Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. Within Bosai resource base ~25,957 t
AGB / other reported through first nine months of 2025		 Abrasives, grinding media, high-friction surfaces and fused-alumina feedstock. Beneficiated Specialty calcination United States; Europe; global abrasive markets. Brown fused alumina (BFA), abrasives and advanced refractory manufacturing.
Active High-purity non-metallurgical / specialty bauxite Bonasika, Region 3
Essequibo corridor		 GINMIN / First Bauxite; acquired by Strategic Bauxite 13.1 Mt M&I resource
11.1 Mt P&P reserve
Historical NI 43-101 figures; depletion update needed		 ~253,875 t
2025 production		 Refractories, steelmaking, ceramics, proppants, water treatment, welding and high-friction products. Selective mine Wash / beneficiate Screen / size
Full commercial high-temperature conversion is limited in Guyana. 		United States; Canada; Europe and specialty industrial markets. Dedicated calcination, sintering, specialty alumina and premium refractory products in Guyana.
Inactive Metallurgical-grade bauxite
Former BCGI / RUSAL production		 Kurubuka / Aroaima / Kwakwani
Upper Berbice / Region 10		 Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI / RUSAL) ~84.7 Mt historical resource
2017 figure: measured + indicated + inferred		 0 current
Mining ceased at end-2019		 Historically feedstock for alumina and aluminum production. Historically mined Dried Exported Historical international alumina / aluminum supply chains. Potential restart, reserve re-certification and integration into a future Guyana alumina refinery strategy.
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Mt = million metric tonnes M&I = measured & indicated P&P = proven & probable Output figures are dated estimates, not live production telemetry
Data note: Reserve and resource figures are not directly interchangeable. Some figures above are historical technical-report resources, while others are company-level resource statements or product-capacity figures. The matrix intentionally labels inactive operations and older estimates. For investment decisions, current drilling, chemistry, depletion, recoveries, strip ratios and reserve certification should be independently verified.
Global corridors

Guyana to the industrial world.

Atlantic access positions Guyana to serve nearby North American buyers, established European industrial markets and Asian demand. These corridors can support both ore exports and increasingly processed products.

CORRIDOR 01

United States

Guyana → U.S. Atlantic / Gulf markets

Refractories, steelmaking, abrasives, water treatment and advanced industrial materials. First Bauxite reported that more than half of its output was shipped to the U.S. in 2025.

CORRIDOR 02

Canada

Guyana → Canadian Atlantic / industrial markets

A natural North Atlantic corridor for industrial minerals and downstream materials, supported by Guyana's wider trade relationships with Canada.

CORRIDOR 03

United Kingdom

Guyana → England / UK industrial markets

Guyana's longstanding commercial relationship with the UK provides a platform for industrial-mineral trade and future higher-value materials.

CORRIDOR 04

China

Guyana → Chinese industrial markets

China remains a major global bauxite, alumina and aluminum market and a relevant corridor for Guyana's mineral sector and industrial partnerships.

Development vision

Process more in Guyana. Manufacture more in the Americas.

The proposed vision is a vertically connected Guyana–United States value chain designed to capture more processing value, support industrial employment and strengthen secure supplies of strategic industrial materials.

This is a development concept presented by GuyanaBauxite.com, not a statement that all facilities shown below have been financed, permitted or announced.

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Two Guyana calcination plants

Regional processing capacity to upgrade suitable bauxite into higher-value calcined products closer to the resource base.

GY

Guyana alumina refinery

A major downstream industrial platform to convert suitable Guyanese bauxite into alumina, anchoring energy, logistics, skills and manufacturing ecosystems.

US

U.S. brown-fused alumina facility

A downstream American facility using alumina feed to produce BFA for abrasives, refractories and other industrial applications, strengthening a hemispheric supply chain.

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Integrated Guyana–U.S. corridor

Link mining, processing, marine logistics, refining and advanced manufacturing into a traceable and resilient industrial network.

Guyana Bauxite downstream development vision showing a U.S. BFA plant in Texas at upper left and Guyana's two calcination plants and alumina refinery at lower right, connected to global markets
Illustrative downstream development vision: Guyana-based calcination and alumina processing connected to a U.S. brown-fused-alumina facility and global industrial markets. Conceptual rendering; not a representation of permitted or constructed facilities.
Why downstream?

The opportunity is value retention.

The strategic question is not only how much bauxite Guyana can mine. It is how much of the conversion, energy, infrastructure, employment, intellectual property and industrial margin can be anchored around Guyanese resources.

Build an industrial ecosystem around the resource.

Downstream processing can create demand for reliable power, natural gas, port upgrades, laboratories, industrial services, engineering, maintenance, workforce training and supporting manufacturing.

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Data & sources

Built on verifiable information.

Industry data should be transparent, dated and sourceable. GuyanaBauxite.com is designed as an information portal—not as an official government or producer website.

Guyana Bureau of Statistics — External Tradestatisticsguyana.gov.gy/subjects/external-trade/
Guyana Department of Public Information — H1 2026 economydpi.gov.gy — H1 2026 release
First Bauxite — Operations & Marketsfirstbauxite.com
UK Government — Guyana market guidebusiness.gov.uk/export-from-uk/markets/guyana/
Important: GuyanaBauxite.com is an independent informational and industry-development portal. References to trade corridors identify strategic market connections and do not imply that every Guyanese bauxite producer currently exports to every listed destination. Proposed calcination, alumina and BFA facilities are presented as a development vision unless specifically identified as announced projects. Production, trade and company information should be validated against the most recent primary sources before investment or commercial decisions.