Global Resource Map – Location, Production, and Supply-Chain Connections
West Africa · GN
Guinea
Role in the chains: extraction
Natural resources, measured
Ordered by the country’s largest How this is computedA country's resources are ordered by its largest share of world output on any production column of each table (e.g. palladium within PGMs).Method →Code →. Values are USGS (minerals) or EIA (energy); an “e” marks a USGS estimate.
Bauxite / aluminium 1st (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · 34% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of mine production, bauxite, 2025
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mine production, bauxite2025 · thousand tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 142,000 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 13 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
| Refinery production, alumina2025 · thousand tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | 2024: 351 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 19 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 19 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
| Reserves (bauxite)2025 · thousand tonnes | Source: USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) (2025)SourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) · 2025Open the source → | Year before: — | World: Among 13 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 13 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Reserves ÷ 2025 production: How this is computedPublished reserves ÷ annual production, same place, unit and year.Method →Code → at that rate. Reserves are what is economic to extract now (roughly proved + probable), not all that exists; they move with price and technology.
Who produces it
- Friguia S.A. (United Company RUSAL plc, 100%) — alumina, Friguia alumina refinery, Fria capacity 650,000 metric tons
- Alufer Mining Ltd., 100% — bauxite, Bel Air bauxite mine, near the Cap Verga peninsula
- Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) [Halco Mining Inc. (Alcoa Inc., 45%; Rio Tinto plc, 45%; Dadco Group, 10%), 51%, and the Government, 49%] — bauxite, Sangaredi Mine, Kamsar capacity 50,000,000 metric tons
- Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian S.A. (Cobad) (United Company RUSAL plc, 100%) — bauxite, Dian-Dian Mine, 250 kilometers north of Conakry capacity 3,000,000 metric tons
- Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia S.A. (CBK) (United Company RUSAL plc, 100%) — bauxite, Debele Mine, 20 kilometers southwest of Kindia and 100 kilometers northeast of Conakry capacity 10,000,000 metric tons
- Friguia Bauxite and Alumina Complex (United Company RUSAL plc, 100%) — bauxite, Friguia Mine, Fria Prefecture, Boke Region capacity 2,100,000 metric tons
USGS Minerals Yearbook 2019, Table 2. Structure of the mineral industry (Table2), 1 more rows. Annual capacity in the unit USGS prints for each commodity. Chapter ↗ Table ↗
Export restrictions (OECD, 2024 data)
- Export tax 2% on ore, chemical, metal since 2011-09-09 Stated purpose: promote further processing / value added Legal text ↗
- Export tax 2% on scrap since 2011-09-09 Stated purpose: promote further processing / value added Legal text ↗
Not in the sources read: constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026), World Alumina Refinery and Bauxite Mine Production and Bauxite Reserves (Data in thousand metric dry tons). Source ↗ World ranking →
Hydropower 81st (Computed: Position of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.) · <0.1% (Computed: A place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.) of production, 2024
| Measure | Value | Year before | World standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production2024 · terawatt-hours | Source: EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 (2024)SourcedEIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21 · 2024Open the source → | 2023: 2.947 (How this is computedLatest year ÷ the year before − 1, same country, same column of the same table (USGS or EIA).Method →Code →) | World: Among 153 countries listed individually.How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Among 153 countries listed individually.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → |
Not in the sources read: producers (USGS 2019 country chapter, corpus) · constraints or changes (USGS, accepted events) · export restrictions (OECD 2024) · EU or US sanctions naming it.
EIA International Energy Statistics, EIA international bulk file, updated 2026-09-21, Hydroelectricity net generation, annual (series INTL.33-12-<ISO3>-BKWH.A) (billion kilowatthours). Source ↗ World ranking →
Market access
Export restrictions it applies
Source: OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)SourcedOECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data)Open the source → measures recorded on gold, antimony, bauxite / aluminium, cobalt, copper, gallium, nickel, platinum-group metals, silver, tin, tungsten — listed under each resource above.
Sanctions that name it
- EU · Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Guinea Applies: asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, restrictions on admission. Amended 2025-10-13. EU Sanctions Map ↗
Read 2026-09-26 from the EU Sanctions Map and OFAC’s program list. A regime targets what its measures name — listed persons, goods, services — not the whole country. UK: gov.uk publishes each regime as prose, with no machine-readable list of measures per regime; not read.
Peers on bauxite / aluminium
The other leading countries by mine production, bauxite, 2025 (USGS/EIA); this country is How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →.
- Australia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- China How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Brazil How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- India How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
- Indonesia How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code → · How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code →
Related bottlenecks
Connected
- endowed with Gallium, refined