Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1984
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10279868
Alternate namesManchester Plateau, Essex Valley, Alpart, Alpart Mine
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.0007, -77.61645
References
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