The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...

Describes the process of the smelting of iron in a clay furnace in the village of Dablo, in northern Burkina Faso, Africa. Discusses the history of smelting iron in West Africa as well as the tools ...

Turning rock into metal is one of the oldest crafts in human history. Watch the process of smelting iron ore and forging a ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

A new iron making technology developed in China is set to significantly impact the global steel industry. Developed after more than 10 years of research, this method injects finely ground iron ore ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s ...

Low-carbon steel platform Metal Logic has executed an agreement to acquire approximately 1,000 hectares of tenements strategically located in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region, within ...