Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1971
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10158376
Alternate namesPocos De Caldas/Alcominas, Barreiras
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-21.74746, -46.58229
References
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