Wed Nov 2, 2011
CONAKRY Nov 2 (Reuters) - Guinea's alumina production rose 25.5 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2011 while output of bauxite was up 3.5 percent over the same period, according to a government report seen by Reuters.
Guinea, the world's top exporter of bauxite which usually ships about 13 million tonnes a year, produced 11.2 million tonnes of the aluminium ore between January and August, according to the report.
The report said RUSAL's Friguia refinery, the country's sole plant, produced 443,000 tonnes of alumina.
The same report said diamond production was up 23.3 percent to 222,900 carats over the period.
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