The iron and copper production site was used during the Han and Jin dynasties, the release said. The Han dynasty ruled China from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D., according to Britannica.

AN interesting illustrated article on the native working of coal and iron in the province of Shansi, China, appears in Engineering for December 2. In the Ping Ting Chau districts the iron ore is ...

(Bloomberg) — Iron ore’s reset to around $100 a ton is indicative of a broader reshaping of China’s commodities markets that favors the new economy over the old. The steelmaking material plunged to ...

The most-traded January iron ore on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 0.61% higher at 986.5 yuan ($136.80) a metric ton.

Add into that China's determination to diversify its sources of iron ore. The Simandou mine in Guinea, on the west coast of Africa, is expected to add about 100 million tonnes into the global ...