Smeltingreduction of bauxite for sustainable alumina production
WEB149 BAYER PROCESS Alumina is mainly produced from bauxite ore through the wellknown Bayer process, a hydrometallurgical process invented by Carl Josef Bayer in . 1 In this process bauxite ore is the main raw material and it is digested together with lime addition by a solution of caustic soda (NaOH).