Aluminium | Geoscience Australia
WEBApr 19, 2024 · 1890: The HallHeroult and Bayer discoveries had caused the price of aluminium to plummet 80%. In 1888, aluminium cost US per pound. ... In almost all commercial operations, alumina is extracted from the bauxite by the Bayer refining process. The process, discovered by Karl Josef Bayer in 1888, consists of four stages. ...