New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

Ancient copper smelters in Georgia may have accidentally paved the way for the Iron Age, providing new insights into human ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

Steel has underpinned modern life for centuries, but it comes at an expensive cost. The industry is responsible for nearly 7 ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

It’s the shape and porosity, not the size, of metal oxide particles that matter for efficiency in electrochemical ironmaking. Iron and its alloys, such as steel and cast iron, dominate the modern ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how ...

Steel is the backbone of modern civilization—used in everything from buildings and bridges to cars and appliances. On the other hand, steelmaking is one of the world’s largest sources of carbon ...

Panaji: Goa began the export of freshly extracted iron ore with the first consignment reaching China. The director of mines ...

Highly Skilled craftsmanshipA ge with a meteoritic iron blade mounted in bronze was found in the tomb of a ruler from the eighth or ninth century B.C. The weapon represents an innovation in ...