Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The site, shown here, was originally excavated during the Soviet period and was relocated using hand draw maps from a 1964 book.

At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

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Typically, TCRCs form a cornerstone of smelter profitability by providing a stable revenue stream for processing incoming ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's refined copper output is set to hit a record high in 2025, analysts say, as its giant smelting sector powers through a global shortage of copper ore that is forcing some ...

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 ...

The re-investigation of a 3,000-year-old site of Kvemo Bolnisi in Georgia has provided new insights about the Iron Age. These insights are associated with a remote furnace dated back to around 1,200 ...

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 ...

Buried deep in the south Georgia rolling hills, a tiny archaeological site has been rewriting history. Uncovered in the late 1950s, the Kvemo Bolnisi workshop was considered to be one of the ...