I-Aluminium (al) into ebanzi kakhulu yensimbi ekuqothulweni komhlaba. Kuhlanganiswe nomoya-mpilo kanye ne-hydrogen, kwakha i-bauxite, okuyi-aluminium evame ukusetshenziswa kakhulu e-Ore mining. Ukwehlukaniswa kokuqala kwe-aluminium chloride kusuka ku-aluminium yensimbi kwakungu-1829, kepha ukukhiqizwa kwezentengiso akuzange kuqale kuze kube ngu-1886. I-aluminium iyisiliva emhlophe, enzima, engasindi ngensimbi ethobekile ye-2.7. Kungumqhubi omuhle kagesi kanye nokugqwala kakhulu. Ngenxa yalezi zici, sekuyinsimbi ebalulekile.I-Aluminium AlloyInamandla okukhanya okukhanyayo ngakho-ke isetshenziswa ezinhlobonhlobo zezimboni.

 
Ukukhiqizwa kuka-Alumina kudla ama-90% omkhiqizo we-bauxite womhlaba. Onke asetshenziswa ezimbonini ezinjengezimboni ezifana nezinto zokufaka, izinto zokuzenzakalelayo, namakhemikhali. IBauxite isetshenziswa futhi ekukhiqizeni usimende omkhulu we-alumina, njenge-ejenti yokugcina amanzi noma njenge-catalyst emkhakheni we-petroleum ukuze uthole izinduku ze-welding nama-fluxes, futhi njengomkhuhlane we-wetmalking kanye ne-ferrolloys.

Ukusetshenziswa kwe-aluminium kufaka phakathi imishini kagesi, izimoto, imikhumbi, ukukhiqiza izindiza, izinqubo ze-metallurgical kanye namakhemikhali, ukupakisha (i-aluminium foil, amathini).

 
Umkhakha we-aluminium ususungule ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bezinto zokusebenzisa kabusha ngezinto zokusebenzisa kabusha nge-aluminium okuqukethwe futhi kwasungulwa isikhungo saso sokuqoqa. Enye yezinkuthazo eziphambili zalombo imboni bekulokhu kuncipha ekusebenziseni amandla, kukhiqiza ithani elilodwa le-aluminium ngaphezulu kwethani elilodwa le-aluminium eyinhloko. Lokhu kubandakanya ukwethula uketshezi lwe-aluminium engu-95% kusuka ku-bauxite ukuze ugcine amandla. Njalo ithoni ye-aluminium esetshenzisiwe futhi isho ukonga amathani ayisikhombisa e-bauxite. E-Australia, u-10% wokukhiqizwa kwe-aluminium uqhamuka ezintweni ezenziwe kabusha.