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- Odisha is the largest bauxite producing state in India.
- Odisha consists of more than 50% of India's resources of bauxite.
- Bauxite is an ore of aluminum.
- Bauxite deposits are formed by the decomposition of a wide variety of rocks that consists of aluminium silicates.
- Major bauxite producing areas are Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu
- Bauxite is mainly used to produce alumina through the Bayer process.
- Important bauxite mines in India are:
- Bilaspur & Maikal Hills.
- Singhbhum.
- Jamnagar.
- Balangir.
- Bargarh.
- Koraput.
- Kalahandi.
- Sambalpur.
- Sundergarh.
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