Records of the International Aluminium Company and its predecessor the Bauxite Refining Company

Scope and Content

Records of the International Aluminium Company and its predecessor the Bauxite Refining Company comprising corporate records, records of shareholdings, accounting and financial, legal, staff and stock records.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Bauxite Refining Company was formed by Aluminium Corporation Limited in partnership with the United Alkali Company of Hebburn in 1908. The initial part of the aluminium extraction process was carried out there. In 1927 the Bauxite Refining Company was reconstituted as a subsidiary company of the ACL under the name of the International Aluminium Company. The International Aluminium Company was wound up in 1946 as a result of the ACL ending its role as a producer of aluminium.