Based on the real-world volcanic glass, Obsidian, “Obsidiron” is a new crafting material added to 99 Nights in the Forest with the arrival of the Meteor Shower update alongside Meteor Shards. Just ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) and Japanese joint venture partners Mitsui (OTCPK:MITSY) (OTCPK:MITSF) and Nippon Steel (OTCPK:NPSCY) (OTCPK:NISTF) unveiled plans Monday to spend $733 million to extend the West ...

The price of iron ore, a key ingredient for steelmaking, has been strangely stable this year. There are plenty of reasons to think that may not last. Since the start of 2025, iron ore, one of the ...

Copper smelters from 3,000 years ago may have experimented with materials just enough to launch the Iron Age. The Bronze Age gave way to the Iron Age as the refining process of iron was discovered.

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 ...

Iron ore advanced after China’s state-run iron ore buyer told major steelmakers and traders in the world’s largest importer to temporarily halt purchases of all new BHP Group cargoes. Futures for 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...