Quote Originally Posted by Newtonsolo313 View Post
the smelting thing is because bauxite is refined with a process involving electricity not heat so native aluminum is the only source of it in a world without electricity
Yeah, I figured. You could, if you wish, say it's smelted by magic, the last magic that ever affects it. Or by lightning to keep the electricity thing, not that bauxite is smelted by lightning strikes IRL.