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 ...

MUSCAT: Sohar Aluminium — the country's primary aluminium producer owned 40% by Oman's integrated global energy group OQ — is ...

Chinese archaeological team has uncovered a significant early Islamic-era settlement and a sponge iron smelting workshop at ...