New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...

Ancient copper smelters in Georgia may have accidentally paved the way for the Iron Age, providing new insights into human ...

The rise of the Iron Age —and the complete shift in the way the world worked that it caused—was likely an accident. And ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how ...

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, ...

Copper smelters once used iron oxide to refine copper, unintentionally advancing the path toward iron metallurgy. Research conducted at Cranfield University provides new insight into the shift from ...

The dig site was originally analyzed in the 1950s, when archeologists found an iron oxide mineral called hematite and a waste ...

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on seven mining firms of Goa seeking extension of the time granted by it on ...

Steel is the backbone of modern civilization—used in everything from buildings and bridges to cars and appliances. On the other hand, steelmaking is one of the world’s largest sources of carbon ...