A guide to the applications of aluminum chemicals in industries such as ceramics, catalyst support, abrasives, and petroleum. Describes the Reynolds Metals Company's process for manufacturing aluminum chemical products beginning with mining bauxite ores, refining, milling, and eventually producing aluminum chemicals available to the chemical industry. Produced by the Reynolds Metals Company, the second-largest Aluminum company in the United States acquired by the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) in 2000.