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bauxite

a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst

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Six example sentences with bauxite, each labelled with its topic.

  • Guinea's bauxite exports reshaped the port entirely, adding a rail spur, two berths, and a decade of arguments.

    Economics

  • Stripping bauxite leaves a red dust that settles on cassava fields for kilometers downwind of the mine.

    Environment

  • A single shipping strike sent bauxite prices up nine percent, and every smelter's hedge book was tested overnight.

    Finance

  • Bauxite forms where heavy tropical rain has washed nearly everything but aluminum out of the soil.

    Science

  • The ore was named for Les Baux, the French village where bauxite was first described in 1821.

    History

  • The election turned on bauxite, with one party promising to nationalize the mines and the other promising foreign investors stability.

    Politics

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