EUGENE, Ore. — In a potential breakthrough for one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries, researchers at the University of Oregon have developed a cleaner method for producing iron, an ...

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 ...

Knowing about the different types of iron ore is useful for investors interested in the space. Iron, a key material in steel and other applications, is most often found in hematite and magnetite ores, ...

Iron ore may not shine as brightly as gold, but it is fundamental to the modern economy. As the essential ingredient in steel, its price fluctuations reflect the cycles of global construction, ...

Billy Joel memorialized the workers of the steel industry in his 1982 song “Allentown.” While popular culture seems to dwell on tragedy, the ...

Black Iron ( ($TSE:BKI) ) has shared an announcement. Black Iron Inc. has made significant progress in renewing its extraction permit for the ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 8 (Reuters) - Iron ore is probably the commodity most exposed to China and while the price of the steel raw material has eased, it has held up better than other major ...

Oil, copper, soybeans and a handful of others monopolized the attention — but of all commodities, the humble lump of iron ore benefited the most from the Chinese economic boom of the last 25 years. It ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 3 (Reuters) - The rise of India's steel sector is touted as a boost for iron ore miners seeking to find new markets as China's output eases, but the reality is likely to ...

Brazilian iron ore heavyweight Vale SA will pay a special dividend to shareholders on the back of its strong operational ...