Based on the IMIDRO data, the country produced 159,416 tons of alumina powder in the mentioned eight-month of this year, while the figure was 152,293 tons in the first eight months of the previous ...

Much of this alumina is then shipped to refineries, where the powder is poured into electrolysis vats containing a molten mineral called cryolite. When a strong electric current is applied, cryolite ...