Describes the process of the smelting of iron in a clay furnace in the village of Dablo, in northern Burkina Faso, Africa. Discusses the history of smelting iron in West Africa as well as the tools ...

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 ...

The COREX smelting reduction process represents a prominent alternative in modern ironmaking by eliminating the reliance on traditional blast furnaces. This method integrates a melter–gasifier and a ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s ...