View from Elmin’s processing site at Aghia Marina,
central Greece, looking west to the Iti and Giona
mountains bearing bauxite and host to Elmin’s mines.
Greece has long been an important supplier of bauxite to world markets, and has maintained its position as one of the world’s few sources of bauxite for non-metallurgical markets (see panel).
The only other commercially developed sources of non-metallurgical bauxite are located in Brazil, China (mainly Guizhou, Henan, and Shanxi provinces), and Guyana - the latter two countries operations are owned by Chinese companies.
There are just three producers of bauxite in Greece: Delphi-Distomon SA, Hellenic Mining Enterprises SA (Elmin), and S&B Industrial Minerals SA Ð of these, the latter two supply non-metallurgical markets.
Delphi-Distomon was the result of the merger of Delphi Bauxites and Greek Distomon Bauxites, and was a subsidiary of Aluminium of Greece until 2007,Êwhen...