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 ...

Iron ore describes any rock or mineral deposit that contains enough metallic iron to make extraction worthwhile. These rocks appear in a surprising spectrum of colors. Some glow rusty red or deep ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hertha Metals today announced it has validated a significant technology breakthrough in modern steelmaking: a single-step process that is cheaper, more energy efficient, and ...

Aug 29 (Reuters) - South Africa's Kumba Iron Ore (KIOJ.J), opens new tab will invest an additional 7.6 billion rand ($428 million) in processing technology that will treble premium quality production ...

WABUSH, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Government of Canada awarded C$18.1 million from its Low Carbon Economy Fund to Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) to support the decarbonization of ...

Bill Gates-backed startup Electra says it can now make emissions-free iron without melting ore on commercial-sized prototypes. That’s a major milestone for a technology that’s only a few years old and ...

Production of iron ore concentrate by Iran’s major mining companies rose nine percent in the first nine months of the current ...

Australia's iron ore industry faces a major challenge due to the changing global demand for "purer" high-grade ore. Australia risks losing its position as the largest iron ore exporter to countries ...