There have been many technological advances in the mining and production of aluminium over the past 50 years. Significantly reduced power input, lowering of PFC emissions, increased re-cycling, and the development of new industry specific aluminium alloys to name a few.

The basics of making aluminium however remain the same. Bauxite, the main ore of aluminium, is open cast mined, converted into aluminium oxide (alumina) and passes through an electrolytic reduction process that converts into metallic form.

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