IperionX pilot titanium facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, built with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E program. I always have an eye out for major manufacturing process innovations ...

1856: Englishman Henry Bessemer receives a U.S. patent for a new steelmaking process that revolutionizes the industry. The Bessemer converter was a squat, ugly, clay-lined crucible that simplified the ...

Up to about 1870 railroad rails were made of iron because the cost of making steel in quantity was prohibitive. Then the converters invented by Henry Bessemer got going and steel became much cheaper.

1856: Englishman Henry Bessemer receives a U.S. patent for a new steel-making process that revolutionizes the industry. The Bessemer converter was a squat, ugly, clay-lined crucible that simplified ...