The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CRYSTAL CITY • A plan to build an iron smelter here has stirred fierce debate for years, but a town hall meeting this week about ...

Copper smelter cuts in China due to low processing fees are reducing refined copper supply. Mine closures and protests in Peru and Panama are further limiting copper supply. The falling US dollar and ...

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s $1.2 billion copper smelter in Gujarat is receiving only a fraction of the ore required to operate the 500,000-ton-a-year plant at full capacity, as a global supply ...

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 ...

Feb 28 (Reuters) - Nickel ore prices in Indonesia, the world's top producer, have risen on tighter supply after government delays in issuing new mining quotas that has also prompted smelters to curb ...

HERCULANEUM, Mo. (AP) – From the day its founder arrived here, this Mississippi River town has been tied inseparably to lead, the heavy, dull-gray metal that has been mined in southern Missouri for ...

Analysts predict that China’s refined copper output will reach an unprecedented level in 2025. The surge in output is attributed to its expansive smelting industry, which is thriving despite a global ...

Indonesia, holding over half the global market share in nickel as of 2023, has experienced a surge in nickel mining and production activities, causing a glut that decreased global prices. But this has ...

After attempts to sway the votes of Crystal City officials proved ineffective, a citizens group is relying on the legal system to prevent construction of a $1 billion iron smelter in the city. At the ...