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Trade body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has urged the Union ministry of commerce and industry to ban bauxite exports fearing closure of alumina refineries for shortage of the key raw material required to produce alumina. Mr Arnab Kumar Hazra director of FICCI said that "India has a large and developed aluminum industry. But the industry is today is at cross roads primarily owing to severe shortage of raw materials, forcing plant closure and jeopardizing employment. The exports have increased substantially in the last 2 to 3 years." Mr Hazra urged that currently many bauxite mine lease holders mainly from the western part of India are exporting bauxite which in turn is creating scarcity of bauxite in the country. The center to review exports of bauxite from India and take steps either by way of levying of a higher export duty or put ban on it.