 Jamaica was the third-leading producer of bauxite and alumina in 1998, producing 12.6 million tons of bauxite, accounting for 10.4% of world production, and 3.46 million tons of alumina, accounting for 7.4% of world production.8,540 million tons of bauxite was mined in 2012 and 10,200 million tons of bauxite in 2011.Mining and quarrying made up 4.1% of the nation's gross domestic product in 1999.