ʻO Aluminum (Al) ka mea nui loa o ka mea metallic e pili ana i ka lua o ka honua. Hui pū me ka oxygen a me ka hydrogen, hana i ka bauxite,ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i hoʻohanaʻia ma ore. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale muaʻana o keʻanoʻo Aluminim mai keʻano he 1829, akāʻaʻole i hoʻomaka ka mea kūʻai aku i ka makahiki 1886. He mea maikaʻi maikaʻi ia o ka uila a me nā corrosion-resistant. Ma muli o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona, ua lilo i mea waiwai nui.Alluinum alloyhe mālamalama māmā aʻo ia hoʻi e hoʻohanaʻia i loko o nāʻano o nāʻoihana.

 
ʻO ka hanaʻana o ka Alumina lele 90% o ka hana banux kiʻekiʻe o ka honua. Hoʻohanaʻia ke koena i nāʻoihana e like me nā mea hanaʻino, nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā mea kanu. Ua hoʻohana pūʻiaʻo Bauxite i ka hanaʻana o keʻano kiʻekiʻe a Alumina a me kahi wai e noho ana a iʻole he fluxes, a me kahi flux

ʻO nā hoʻohanaʻana o ka alumini e pili ana i nā lako uila, nā kaʻa kaua

 
Ua hoʻomaka kaʻoihana Aluminim i ka hoʻomohalaʻana i kaʻenehana no nā mea hou aku i nā mea hou me nā mea alumini a hoʻopaʻaʻia i kāna kikowaena pono'ī. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana nui no kēiaʻoihana,ʻo ia ka hōʻemi mauʻana i ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka ikaika o ka ikehu, e hana ana i hoʻokahi ton o ka alumini. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hōʻikeʻana i ka 95% alumini wai mai Bauxite e mālama i ka ikehu. ʻO kēlā me kēia ton o ka recycled aluminum hoʻiʻo ia hoʻi e mālama ana i nā hanaʻehiku o Bauxite. Ma Australia, he 10% o ka hana a Aluminim e hele mai mai nā mea hou.