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 ...

Beijing’s state-run iron ore giant is flexing its muscles, ordering mills to ditch BHP cargoes and reversing a decade of Australian pricing dominance. China has temporarily banned purchases of BHP’s ...

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, researchers discovered that metalworkers were using iron oxide not to smelt iron ...

Buried deep in the south Georgia rolling hills, a tiny archaeological site has been rewriting history. Uncovered in the late 1950s, the Kvemo Bolnisi workshop was considered to be one of the ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -China's state iron ore buyer has asked the country's steelmakers and traders to pause purchases of dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes from BHP during its annual price ...

Steel has underpinned modern life for centuries, but it comes at an expensive cost. The industry is responsible for nearly 7 percent of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions, driven by blast ...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged China to import Australian iron ore without hindrance MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called on China to ...

Research firm BMI is revising downward its 2023 iron-ore price forecast from a yearly average of $125/t to $110/t, owing to a weak rebound in mainland China’s industrial sector having pressured ...

Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS), the mining company that is developing Blocks 1 and 2 of the massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, has halted operations after a fatal accident killed three ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Around 1200 BCE, mankind began its shift away from bronze when a new ...