Coal being added to a blast furnace at Govan Iron Works, Glasgow, c1880. Coal was the fuel that powered factories during the Industrial Revolution. Image caption, The Newcomen steam engine was ...

Radiantly versatile – In Cologne, DLR has a unique facility in Germany for irradiation tests with natural and artificial sunlight in the form of the High-Flux Solar Furnace and Solar Simulator. The ...

Nippon Steel Corp. said it achieved the world’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) emission cut of 43 percent by using hydrogen instead of coal in a blast furnace. The breakthrough was made in a test ...

Posco, one of the world’s biggest steel producers, is being sued by youth activists in South Korea over a plan to extend the life of its coal-based blast furnace operations. Plaintiffs aged 11 to 18 ...