Aluminum Industry of Europe

country possessed all requisite elements for its manufacture, well located with respect to one another. During the years of war many changes took place. Little information is available regarding details of the modifications in the industry, although definite trends were evident during the preceding years. The postwar situation will no doubt differ from both prewar and wartime conditions. However, analysis of known facts serves to determine geographic conditions which are pertinent to the industry and throw some light on the probable situation of the future. Major activities involved in production of aluminum are threefold: (1) mining bauxite, the principal ore, (2) thermochemical removal of nonaluminous materials from ore, producing alumina, and (3) electrolytic reduction to metallic aluminum. Basic economic-geographic factors which apply to each stage of the process largely affect its location and distribution

Business · Economic geography · Geography · Bauxite Residue and Utilization

• The international aluminium industry during the 1930S

  Marco Bertilorenzi•Entreprises et histoire•2015

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