Sometimes, science can take an unexpected turn. While trying to develop a new kind of high temperature storage battery, MIT researchers accidentally stumbled upon a new, more efficient process for ...

Copper smelting is an intricate high‐temperature process that converts copper concentrates into purer metallic copper through a series of chemical and thermal reactions. Central to modern smelting ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) today announced a revolutionary process to make aluminum that produces oxygen and eliminates all direct greenhouse ...

The lead smelting process is getting greener thanks to new technology unveiled recently by The Doe Run Company. As one of the world’s largest lead producers, Missouri-based Doe Run has introduced a ...

Smelting is an essential part of Minecraft. It is used for players to craft many different items by melting down raw components into usable materials. A common example of this would be players using ...

Aluminum is abundant in more things than just soda cans; the metal is used in everything from transportation to power lines. It’s also a component of things like smartphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs ...

Smelting is one of the core mechanics in Minecraft. It is almost impossible to beat the game without smelting at least one item. At first glance, smelting may seem relatively straightforward. However, ...

Some of our best discoveries are made by accident and, in the most recent case, a team of MIT researchers stumbled upon a method of smelting metals that could drastically reduce the carbon emissions ...

$558 million investment project will create and maintain thousands of jobs in Canada SAGUENAY, QC, May 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Global aluminum industry leaders Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Aluminum today ...