Willowdale Mine is located in the Darling Ranges area near Waroona in Western Australia and is currently owned by Alcoa of Australia Limited. Willowdale mine started in 1984 and produces approximately 10 million tonnes of bauxite per year with an alumina percentage of approximately 32.7%. This low grade ore is similar to Huntly mine bauxite in that it is low in silica which allows for cheaper processing costs. Bauxite mined at Willowdale is transported to the Wagerup Alumina refinery. Just like Huntly mine, Willowdale mine is on the Jarrah forest and also operates under the ML1sa mineral lease and is monitored by the MMPLG. Boddington Mine Boddington Mine is located near Boddington in Western Australia and is currently owned by South32. Boddington mine produces approximately 16.7 million tonnes of bauxite per year with an alumina percentage of approximately 28%. Bauxite mined at Boddington is delivered by a 51km overland conveyor belt to the Worsley refinery, where it is processed into alumina before being delivered 55km by rail to Bunbury port. Ships then export the Boddington alumina to be smelted into aluminium. The Boddington deposit area was obtained by South32 through a mining lease granted under the Alumina Refinery (Worsley) Agreement Act 1973. Operation of Boddington Bauxite mine did not start until 1984. Bald Hill Mine Bald Hill Mine is located in Campbell Town in Tasmania and is currently owned by Australian Bauxite Limited. Bald Hill mine began mining in 2014 and is currently the only bauxite mine in Tasmania. Bauxite Hills Mine Bauxite Hills Mine is located north of Weipa in North Queensland and is currently owned by Metro Mining Limited. Bauxite Hills mine began mining in 2018. Deposits As well as producing the most bauxite globally, Australia also contains 22% of global bauxite deposits and is second only to Guinea. The majority of bauxite is found in the deposits in far north Queensland and the south west of Western Australia. The deposits around Australia are: New South Wales Guyra Inverell Nullamanna Taralga Queensland Weipa South of Embley Aurukun South Johnstone Urquhart Hey Point Skardon River Bauxite hills Binjour Toondoon Monogorilby Western Australia Athena and Ceres Dionysus Cardea 1 and 2 Cardea 3 Felicitas and Fortuna Aurora Juturna Rusina Minerva Cronus Vallonia Mitchell Plateau and Cape Bougainville Wandoo Huntly and Willowdale Worsley (Boddington) Tasmania Bald Hill Fingal Rail Nile Road DL130 and Rubble Flat Northern Territory Dhupuma Gove Guidelines Bauxite