Aluminiyamu (al) ndiye chinthu chochuluka kwambiri padziko lapansi kutumphuka. Kuphatikiza ndi mpweya ndi haidrojeni, imapanga bauxite, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu migodi ya ore. Kulekanitsidwa koyamba kwa aluminiyamu kuchokera ku meloride kuchokera ku maluminic aluminiyam anali mu 1829, koma malonda sanayambe mpaka 1886. Aluminium ndi chitsulo choyera, chopepuka, chopepuka chomveka bwino cha 2.7. Ndi wokondweretsa magetsi komanso kugonana kwambiri. Chifukwa cha izi, zakhala chitsulo chofunikira.Aluminium aluyaAmakhala ndi mphamvu yolimba yamphamvu ndipo imagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana.

 
Kupanga kwa alumu kumadya 90% ya kupanga kwa bauxite padziko lonse lapansi. Enawo amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafakitale monga abrasies, zinthu zovomerezeka, ndi mankhwala. Bauxite imagwiritsidwanso ntchito popanga simenti yayikulu ya alumina, monga wothandizira madzi kapena ngati chothandizira pa mafuta opanga ma petroleum kuti mugule ndodo ndi fluxes, komanso monga frrolews yopanga ndi frox.

Kugwiritsa ntchito ma aluminium kumaphatikizapo zida zamagetsi, zombo, zombo zopangidwa ndi ndege, zojambula zapakhomo, zojambulajambula zam'madzi, maschewa, miphika.

 
Makampani opanga aluminiyam akhazikitsa chitukuko cha ukadaulo wa zinthu zobwezerezedwanso ndi zomwe aluminiyamu ndikukhazikitsa malo ake osonkhanitsa. Chimodzi mwazomwe zimalimbikitsa kuti mafakitalewa nthawi zonse zakhala kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu, kupanga toni imodzi ya aluminiyam kuposa umodzi a aluminiyam yoyamba. Izi zimaphatikizapo kupereka 95% aluminiyumu amadzi kuchokera ku bauxite kupulumutsa mphamvu. Tsono lililonse la aluminic yobwezeretsanso limatanthauzanso kupulumutsa matani asanu ndi awiri a bauxite. Ku Australia, 10% ya kupanga aluminium kumachokera ku zinthu zobwezerezedwanso.