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.

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 ...

Iron ore slipped as traders watched for fallout from China’s move to halt new cargoes from mining giant BHP Group. Futures in Singapore fell 0.4%, after rising as much as 1.7% on Tuesday, when ...

The story begins at Kvemo Bolnisi, a smelting workshop perched on a hillside in the Caucasus. Soviet archaeologists first dug it up in the 1950s and immediately declared it one of the earliest iron ...

China Mineral Resources Group has banned all iron ore purchases from BHP, the world's largest miner, amid stalled negotiations over contract renewals, signaling China's push for greater pricing power ...

China's state-run iron ore buyer has told major steelmakers and traders to temporarily suspend purchases of all dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes from BHP (NYSE:BHP), Bloomberg reported ...

--China Mineral Resources Group, the country's state-run iron ore buyer, told major steelmakers and traders to temporarily suspend purchases of all dollar-denominated seaborne cargoes from BHP Group, ...

Japan's Nippon Steel said on Tuesday it had bought a 30% stake in Canada's Kami iron ore project, forming a joint venture with Australia's Champion Iron and Sojitz to secure high-grade ore supplies ...

Pilbara is the land of the giants, but juniors are still making a buck out of the region's iron ore, looking next door to the majors.

China's state iron ore buyer has told major steelmakers and traders to temporarily pause purchases of any dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes from BHP, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, ...

(Reuters) -China’s state-run iron ore buyer has told major steelmakers and traders to temporarily stop purchases of all new BHP Group cargoes, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people ...

The story of human progress is often told through the materials we have shaped and mastered. Stone gave way to bronze, bronze to iron, and iron to steel. Each shift brought not just stronger tools but ...