Coal, iron and bauxite top list of mostmined minerals in ...
Sep 19, 2018· In June, BHP approved a 4bn iron ore project in Western Australia, which will begin production in 2021, to replace the 80 million tpa Yandi mine. Bauxite: 289 million tonnes. Production of bauxite, a key component in the production of aluminium, has fluctuated over the last five years, peaking in 2013 at 299 million tonnes.