Aluminum Production
WEBJan 1, 2014 · A large amount of alumina has to be produced in order to produce aluminum in the Hall–Héroult process; it requires about 4 t of bauxite to produce 2 t of alumina and it takes almost 2 t of alumina to produce 1 t of aluminum metal. The two largest operating costs per ton of alumina in Bayer plants are bauxite and fuel. Bayer Process