How Aluminium - Is Made Animation

This is a story of transformation—how a crumbly red rock from the earth becomes the sleek, silver metal in your soda can or smartphone. Act I: The Earth’s Rusty Treasure

A giant "vacuum" ladle siphons the liquid silver from the bottom of the pot [1]. It is whisked away to a furnace where it's purified and mixed with other metals to make it stronger [1, 6]. Finally, it is poured into molds to create massive blocks called , or rolled into thin sheets [1, 6]. How Aluminium is made animation

The crushed bauxite enters a high-pressure "pressure cooker" filled with hot caustic soda [1, 6]. This is a story of transformation—how a crumbly