CHENNAI: Kal thondri man thondra kaalathey mun thondriya mootha kudi tamizh kudi. (The Tamil tribe appeared on earth when ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The area was brimming with iron smelting activities, and the team of researchers has found physical evidence of this. One day, while sifting through some soil, the team unearthed an ancient ...

Iron ore was smelted to produce a 'bloom' (see the picture) which is a spongy mixture of metal and impurities. The bloom had to be further refined by repeated heating and hammering.

However, in 1709, a man called Abraham Darby finally succeeded in smelting iron using coke (see list of terms below) as fuel, and he bought all his workers beer, in celebration of his discovery.