Pingguo: a bauxite operation in China

Pingguo is a mine producing bauxite in Pingguo, Guangxi, China, operated by Chalco. The sources report 632.64 10,000 tonnes (万吨), annual output for CY2025; the basis is Whole mine as listed in the company's table of own mines; equity basis not stated. Measured as bauxite, whole-operation output for CY2025 is 6,326,400 tonnes: about 1.4% of world bauxite output in 2025 and about 7.3% of China's; it is one of 9 operations on this site whose output can be stated in bauxite.

Who owns and operates it?

Owners of Pingguo
Owner	Interest	As of
Chalco (operator) The mine is listed among the company's own mines. The glossary describes Pingguo Aluminum Co., Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of Chalco; the report does not say which entity holds the mining license, and no percentage is printed for the mine.	—	31 December 2025

Interests are as stated in the sources below on the date shown. Ownership changes with deals, so a stake may have changed since the date shown.

How much does it produce?

Reported output of Pingguo
Period	Output	Basis	Where in the source
CY2025	632.64 10,000 tonnes (万吨), annual output The annual report does not say whether tonnes are dry or wet.	Whole mine as listed in the company's table of own mines; equity basis not stated	PDF p.30, 'Own mines' table, row 平果矿, column 年产量(万吨) (annual output) · Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (中国铝业股份有限公司)

How the bauxite figure is worked out. Chalco prints annual output of 632.64 in units of 10,000 tonnes (6,326,400 tonnes) for the Pingguo mine in its 2025 annual report. The report does not state a dry or wet basis. Converted from 10,000 tonnes to tonnes. World bauxite mine production in 2025 was 440,000,000 tonnes (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026); China produced 87,000,000 tonnes.

Status: operating, as of 31 December 2025.

The same table prints 3,540.42 (10,000 t) for all of Chalco's own mines combined in 2025, including Boffa (1,961), Pingguo, Shanxi, Guizhou, Zunyi and others.
The Chalco report states that domestic Chinese bauxite output was 73 million tonnes in 2025, about level with 2024 (industry paragraph, PDF p.15). USGS prints 87 million tonnes for China in 2025.
Alumina refineries and aluminum smelters are separate from this bauxite mine entry.

How does it compare?

Other bauxite operations on this site: Weipa (including Amrun), Gove, Porto Trombetas (Mineracao Rio do Norte), Sangaredi (Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee), Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB), Boffa (Chalco Guinea), Shanxi New Materials mines (merged line), Darling Range (Huntly and Willowdale), Juruti, Pocos de Caldas, Paragominas, Panchpatmali bauxite mines. In China: Shanxi New Materials mines (merged line). See where bauxite comes from for the country totals, the country page for China, and Chalco for its other operations here.

Sources

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (中国铝业股份有限公司): 2025 Annual Report (Chinese; 中国铝业2025年年度报告全文) (annual report (SSE filing, disclosed on cninfo.com.cn 2026-03-28), FY2025 (calendar)). Opened 4 November 2026; used: PDF pp.1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 30, 31, 36.
U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Bauxite and Alumina (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country bauxite mine production)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world mine production and reserves table.

Method and limits

Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
Shares. A share divides output in bauxite by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
What is compared. Operators print tonnes of bauxite on a dry or wet basis, or do not say which. USGS bauxite mine production is in dry tonnes, so where the basis differs or is not stated the share is indicative.
Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every bauxite mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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