Aluminiyumu ikoreshwa mu kazu, mu nzu, no mu bwato butwikiriye amato y'ubucuruzi, ndetse no mu bikoresho, nk'urwego, gariyamoshi, ibishimisha, amadirishya, n'inzugi. Impamvu nyamukuru yo gukoresha aluminium ni ukuzigama ibiro ugereranije nicyuma.
Ibyiza byingenzi byo kuzigama ibiro mubwoko bwinshi bwubwato bwo mu nyanja ni ukongera imizigo, kwagura ubushobozi bwibikoresho, no kugabanya ingufu zisabwa. Hamwe nubundi bwoko bwubwato, inyungu nyamukuru nukwemerera gukwirakwiza neza uburemere, kunoza ituze no koroshya igishushanyo mbonera.
Urukurikirane rwa 5xxx rukoreshwa kubwinshi mubikorwa byubucuruzi bwo mu nyanja bifite imbaraga zo gutanga umusaruro wa MPa 100 kugeza 200. Iyi aluminiyumu-magnesium ivanze igumana ihindagurika ryiza ridafite imiti ivura ubushyuhe, kandi birashobora guhimbwa hamwe nubuhanga busanzwe bwububiko. Amavuta ya aluminium-magnesium-zinc nayo ashobora kwitabwaho muriki gice. Kurwanya ruswa ya 5xxx yuruhererekane ni ikindi kintu gikomeye muguhitamo aluminiyumu yo gukoresha marine. Urutonde rwa 6xxx ruvanze, rukoreshwa cyane mubwato bushimishije, rwerekana igabanuka rya 5 kugeza 7% mubizamini bisa.