Recent Examples on the WebThe country is braced for a rapid transitioning from a relatively poor exporter of sugar, gold and bauxite, into one of South America’s richest countries. Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020 Some in Guyana worry that the government’s preoccupation with oil is already displacing resources from the country’s traditional industries — sugar, rice, bauxite and gold — which are the country’s largest sources of employment. Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020 The Ghanain government is also considering plans to sell some of that land to Chinese developers to mine for bauxite, a mineral important for creating aluminum.National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020 Income from tourism and bauxite, the main earners of foreign exchange, had plunged in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.The Economist, 9 Nov. 2019 Elsewhere, bauxite mining has had devastating consequences. Stacey Knott, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019 And in Guinea, which supplies Rusal, a Russian aluminium firm, with 27% of its bauxite, Russia is supporting efforts by President Alpha Condé to defy the constitution and run for a third term.The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019 Montenegro sits on significant deposits of minerals such as bauxite and possibly rare-earth elements. Christopher R. O'dea, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019 Last week protesters attempted to tear up Rusal’s bauxite-transporting railway line.The Economist, 21 Oct. 2019 See More