Iron is the chemical element at the heart of steel, and therefore of industrialisation, so what does the collapse in iron ore prices say about the progress of China and India?

In the first of three programmes about iron, Justin Rowlatt explores two moments in industrial history that transformed this most abundant of metal elements into the key material out of which ...

Scientists thought the iron had entered the ocean from hot, mineral-rich water released at mid-ocean vents that then precipitated to the ocean floor. Now Johnson and Li show that half of the iron in ...

The proclamations cover coal-fired power plants, taconite iron ore processing facilities used to make steel, and chemical manufacturers that help produce semiconductors and medical device sterilizers.

German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a sofa with machinery-inspired cast-iron elements for Italian furniture brand Magis. Unveiled during Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Brut sofa ...

Think of an object made of iron: An I-beam, a car frame, a nail. Now imagine that half of the iron in that object owes its existence to bacteria living two and a half billion years ago. That's the ...