Process for extracting aluminum from ore

A method of smelting aluminum from aluminum ore comprising heating a mixture of aluminum containing ore and a flux in a suitable vessel capable of withstanding high temperatures and having an outlet hole in a bottom thereof, said flux comprising borax, sodium bicarbonate and a copper compound in a mixed state, said mixture being heated sufficiently to melt said mixture of ore and flux and to produce a molten material containing aluminum and permitting said molten material to flow out of said outlet hole and to cool outside of said vessel, said aluminum separating out as said molten material cools.

A method of smelting aluminum from aluminosilicate ore comprising:

• mixing molten albinosilicate ore with a flux in a suitable crucible capable of withstanding the high temperature of molten rock, said flux comprising a mixture of borax, sodium bicarbonate and a copper compound, and
• permitting the molten mixture to flow out of said crucible and to cool, thereby causing said aluminum to separate out from the remaining slag material.