Metals secret history

This is a good site for general information about your metal such as its physical and chemical properties

http://www.webelements.com/

 

This BBC extraction of metals information is a good starting point

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/aqa_pre_2011/rocks/metalsrev1.shtml

 

 

There is some information here, but be careful as the descriptions are of lab experiments and not of the industrial processes

http://www.gcsescience.com/ex.htm

 

 

This site has some general information and specific information about iron, aluminium, copper and titanium

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/extraction/introduction.html

 

Some more sites that could be useful

http://www.goiit.com/posts/show/0/content-general-principles-of-extraction-of-metals-804401.htm

http://www.docbrown.info/page04/Mextract.htm