ROD1.jpg (11929 bytes)Aluminium is the youngest metal in use by humans. Unlike copper, gold and iron, aluminium can not be extracted from the ground and purified by simple technologies, such as strong fire or remelting processes. Aluminium production became possible only when the production of electricity became possible, only when chemistry advanced enough.

Here aluNET International pays tribute to those who worked to create the next age. Humanity moved beyond the age of stone to the age of copper, then to the age of iron and steel, now is the turn of ages once again and aluminium comes to name the new age.

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The discovery of Aluminium - Birth and initial growth
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Nearly 100 years of production and fabrication
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The birth of Giants: Alcan - Alcoa
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