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 ...

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 ...

The company is using the first technology license issued by Elysis, its joint venture with Alcoa. Rio Tinto is using the first technology license issued by Elysis, its joint venture with Alcoa, to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Apple has made significant investments in its goal of significantly reducing its carbon footprint in manufacturing its various products. Apple’s Green Bonds project has gulped about $4.7 billion since ...

A new process creates the metal without its usual emissions and Apple—which uses lots of it in their phones and computers—is investing to help create more. Aluminum is abundant in more things than ...