I smelted iron in brick furnaces using ancient metal methods. Controlled heat and airflow produced workable iron.

Trade union Solidarity warned of significant job losses at South African smelters and other related heavy industries due to government failures. It added that some of the employers will be forced to ...

Computed tomography is now doing for ancient metalworking what it once did for medicine, turning opaque fragments of slag into detailed cross-sections of early technology. By peering inside 5,000-year ...

One of South Africa’s major mining and ferrochrome companies, Samancor Chrome, warned that it may have to consider significant operational changes—including the possible closure of its remaining ...

During the Beersheba pre-building survey, an extremely ancient advanced metal furnace for copper smelting and copper slag were discovered, said Talia Abulafia, site excavation director for the Israel ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient copper workshop in the Sinai region of Egypt – the land tied to Moses and the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

The company says its new Grid Metallics Processing System, or GMPS, enables lead battery recyclers and smelters to bypass furnaces and boost recovery rates. Ace Green says its GMPS can produce ...

Nippon Steel plans to invest $6 billion to increase production of steel using electric arc furnaces in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The Japanese steelmaker said Friday that it would invest 868.7 ...