Approaches by theme
Spotlight on some essential aspects of aluminium history.


- Chemical aluminium
A new, semi-precious material with limited applications for 30 years.

- Electrolysis
Aluminium, a semi-precious metal? With the electrolysis smelting process, production has increased steadily since the late 19th century.


- Bauxite and alumina
Finding ore and turning it into alumina then into aluminium metal.


- Science and technology
Science and technology serving a metal and an industry.

- Economics
The development and transformation of an industry aged just 150 years.

- Applications
Aluminium’s semi-previous status used to restrict it to a few applications. Now the metal is everywhere.


- Transport and aerospace
A metal in motion on land, sea and air.