Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

The New York-based International Copper Association Ltd. (ICA) says several of its member corporations are making strides in their work with copper byproducts and circular industry partnerships to ...

Spanish conquerors depended on indigenous expertise to keep up their munitions supplies, archaeologists have found. When Spanish invaders arrived in the Americas, they were generally able to subjugate ...

A new study indicates that a workshop for smelting copper ore once operated in the Neveh Noy neighborhood of Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev Desert. The new study also shows that the site may ...

An ancient workshop unearthed in Egypt may offer new evidence for the Bible’s story of Moses. Researchers discovered a copper smelting workshop, multiple ancient buildings and observation points at ...