Mining and Refining Process
Armand Dufrénoy names the ore "beauxite" 1861: Henri SainteClaire Deville renames it as "bauxite" 1854: SainteClaire Deville discovers a method to separate kilogram amounts of aluminium from its oxide, alumina: 1886: Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult independently develop a process for making aluminium from alumina: 1887