Kazakhstan bauxite mines Report Wood Mackenzie
The Kazakh bauxite operations consist of the KrasnoOktyabrskoye Group KBRU and the Turgay Group TBRU mines The former is located in the Kostanai region while the latter is located in Amangeldinsky The mines were commissioned from 1962 to serve the internal interests of the states aluminium industry The bauxite comprises of gibbsite hydro hematite haematite kaolinite and small amounts of corundum