Aluminum (al) nikintu kinini cyane mu mwobo w'icyuma mu isi. Hamwe na ogisijeni na hydrogen, ikora bauruite, niyo yakoreshejwe cyane mu macunga ya ore. Gutandukanya kwambere kwa aluminium kuva metallic aluminum kwari 1829, ariko umusaruro wubucuruzi ntiwatangiye kugeza 1886. Aluminium ni ifeza yera, ikomeye, ibyuma byoroheje hamwe na gravireyo yihariye ya 2.7. Numuyobora mwiza wamashanyarazi kandi urwanya gakondo cyane. Kubera ibi bintu, byahindutse icyuma cyingenzi.Aluminium alloyifite imbaraga zo guhuza urumuri kandi rero ikoreshwa muburyo butandukanye.

 
Umusaruro wa alumina umara 90% byumusaruro wa Bauxite. Ibisigaye bikoreshwa munganda nkibikoresho byo kunonosora, no gutunganya, n'imiti. Bauxite nayo ikoreshwa mugukora sima ndende ya alumina, nkumukozi ugumana amazi cyangwa nkumusembuzi mu nganda za peteroli kugirango ugaragare inkoni yo gusudira n'amakimbirane, kandi nka fluxy.

Imikoreshereze ya aluminium ikubiyemo ibikoresho by'amashanyarazi, imodoka, amato, ingamba zo gukora indege, inyubako zo mu rugo, gupakira inganda, amabati), ibikoresho by'igikoni (imkono).

 
Inganda za aluminium zatangije iterambere ryikoranabuhanga mugusubiramo ibikoresho hamwe nibirimo bya aluminiyumu kandi bishinga ikigo cyacyo cyo gukusanya. Imwe mu rwego nyamukuru kuri iyi nganda zamagamye igabanuka mubyifuzo byingufu, bitanga toni imwe ya aluminiyumu kurenza toni zibanze za alumini. Ibi bikubiyemo kwerekana amazi 95% yo muri bauxite kugirango ubike imbaraga. Buri toni ya recycle yakoreshejwe nayo bisobanura gukiza toni zirindwi za bauxite. Muri Ositaraliya, 10% yumusaruro wa aluminium biva mubikoresho byatunganijwe.