North American auto aluminium market growing faster than ever

Aluminium is the third most abundant element beneath the earth’s crust, accounting for 8% of its total weight. Being reactive however, it does not occur in nature, and is the product of a complex process. Its primary ore, Bauxite, must first be mined, and then refined for its aluminium oxide, or alumina. This is then subjected to electrolytic reduction, breaking the bonds between the compound and producing molten aluminium.