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 ...

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LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Global copper smelting activity rebounded in September as higher treatment charges spurred many smelters to increase output, data from satellite surveillance showed on Monday ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China, the world's biggest copper smelter, is studying ways to strengthen regulation on the expansion of smelting capacity, a state news outlet said on Thursday, as record low ...

When Spanish invaders arrived in the Americas, they were generally able to subjugate the local peoples thanks, in part, to their superior weaponry and technology. But archeological evidence indicates ...

Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

China is introducing stricter regulations for new copper smelters to manage excess capacity and ensure a stable mine supply. The Chinese government aims to reduce import dependence by increasing ...

Satellite tracking and analysis firm Earth-i observes 40 percent of capacity operating rates at some copper smelting plants in China. Global secondary refined recycled-content production grew by 5.5 ...

Pan Pacific Copper and Lundin Mining Corp. have agreed to keep processing fees to turn copper ores into metal broadly unchanged next year, with the miner choosing not to pursue reductions that would ...

After rallying through 2025 (not without some deep troughs) and into this year driven by supply disruptions in Indonesia and South America alongside tariff disruptions, copper prices are pulling back ...

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 ...

Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found. When Spanish invaders arrived in the Americas, they were generally able to subjugate ...