Mining and Refining – Process World Aluminium
Armand Dufrénoy names the ore "beauxite" ... 1854: SainteClaire Deville discovers a method to separate kilogram amounts of aluminium from its oxide, alumina: 1886: Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult independently develop a process for making aluminium from alumina: ... Aluminium is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust.