Different spellings of Aluminium prevent conversion.

[Zarepheth]

Between TSON Craft, Omega Craft, Substratum, Hardcore Ore, and Fun Ores I've found that the Aluminum, Alumina, Aluminium, and Bauxite ores do not convert well.

TSON Craft, Omega Craft, and Hardcore Ore have interchangeable Aluminum ores. When working with ingots, they can also be converted to Hardcore Ore's bauxite ingots (which is a bit odd, since bauxite is the primary ore of aluminum and does not become its own metal.)

Substratum's Alumina ore can only be converted into itself.

Before smelting, either Substratum or Fun Ore Aluminum ore can be converted into the TSON Craft, Omega Craft, and Hardcore Ore, but not the other way around. This is really annoying as Substratum adds some recipes that use its own Aluminum, but cannot use other Aluminum metals.

Is there a mechanism, perhaps in the config files, where we can map ores, metals, dusts, blocks, etc. that should be convertible?

[kzintiwife]

Is there a mechanism, perhaps in the config files, where we can map ores, metals, dusts, blocks, etc. that should be convertible?

this would be the most awesome thing ever - uranium, alum, copper :)

[Zarepheth]

I've discovered that Alumina is actually an Aluminum Oxide, the primary substance of which rubies, emeralds, and sapphires are made. The gems get their coloring from trace amounts of other elements.

So my original post should just flag Aluminum, Aluminium, and Bauxite.