Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5,400 years old. This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, ...

This week, the average price of SMM8-12% high-nickel pig iron (NPI) reached 1,025 yuan per nickel point (ex-factory, ...

Smelting iron is certainly a great accomplishment, doubly so because it was accomplished five millennia ago. The technology necessary to smelt iron can evidence an advanced civilization because ...

The meteoritic iron was found to be mixed with smelted iron, which researchers said was unexpected as it means the "extra-terrestrial iron" was simply used as an iron resource and mixed "probably ...

Turkey was widely believed to be the first region in the world where iron was smelted and used, however a recent archeological discovery in Tamil Nadu has reignited the debate about the origins ...

Scientists suspect people from the Lusatian Culture dated to about 750BC and 600BC deliberately smelted and used iron from meteorites to produce a specific pattern on their jewellery. In the ...

This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, forging and shaping iron to create tools, weapons and other objects may have developed independently in the Indian subcontinent.