Facts: Raw Materials
WEBThe Bayer Process is the most commonly used method of obtaining alumina from bauxite, and is explored in detail here. The key input materials are the ores bauxite gibbsite, boehmite, or diaspore, caustic soda, and calcined lime. The global average consumption of these inputs is as follows: Raw Material. kg per tonne of alumina. Bauxite. ~ 3,000.