Western metal smelters are in crisis. China’s rapid expansion of processing capacity is crushing margins across the metallic spectrum. Copper smelters in Namibia and the Philippines have recently been ...

Global supply chains are already reeling from the impact of China's rare earth export controls, but an even bigger critical ...

The impact of China’s export controls on rare earths has already caused global supply chains to reel, but a more critical mineral threat is imminent.

The ingenious minds at Primitive Technology extract iron from natural bacteria to create raw iron prills in a primitive ...

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has commenced hot metal production at pilot reduction cells for its next-generation aluminium smelting technology, known as EX. The pilot programme, taking place at EGA ...

In Tacoma, 35 miles to the south, Ted Bundy grew up near the American Smelting and Refining Co., which disgorged ... Straus Jr. completes the process of whitewashing the family name,” she writes.

The copper smelting industry is under growing pressure as plants around the world struggle to compete with the scores of newer factories in China offering cheap production of the red metal ...

The most efficient fuels to use in the furnace are coal and charcoal. While other fuel sources can run the furnace, these two fuel sources will make the smelting process faster. Smooth Stone is ...

Two years later, thanks to the pioneering work of chemists Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult who discovered a smelting process for refining aluminum, this metal was no longer so precious, and ...

The smelting process released lead into the environment, and traces eventually became embedded in the soil, where today’s scientists can study them. The earliest traces of lead pollution the ...

Experience the power of metal smelting as burning techniques turn solid metal into liquid. This video reveals the process step by step, showcasing the heat, precision, and expertise required.