Definition of "bauxite" []

• The principal ore of aluminum, composed mainly of hydrous aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides. (noun)

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• "This ship is carrying a chemical called bauxite, which is used to make aluminum."
• "The answer turned out to be aluminum, which would bring its own raw materials with it -- bauxite from the tropics, cryolite from Greenland, petroleum coke from Texas, and would require from the Saguenay only its wasting water power and a tidewater port for the entrance of its supplies."
• "June of $0.43, reinforcing SDGM's confidence in BRL's ability to develop its extensive Darling Ranges land holdings into a profitable long-term bauxite production and export business."