Bauxite
Bauxite is a rock formed from a reddish clay material called laterite soil and is most commonly found in tropical or subtropical regions. Bauxite is primarily comprised of aluminium oxide compounds (alumina), silica, iron oxides and titanium dioxide. Approximately 70 percentage of the world’s bauxite production is refined through the Bayer chemical process into alumina. Alumina is then refined into pure aluminium metal through the Hall–Héroult electrolytic process.