Smelting Quotes

The central industry of modern civilisation, tending, because of its control over materials, to spread into and ultimately incorporate older industries such as mining, smelting, oil- refining, textiles, rubber, building, and even agriculture in respect to fertilizers and food processing. (John Desmond Bernal)
The abandonment of traditional iron smelting in most parts of Africa is probably the most important instance of technological regression. View quote
Walter Rodney
Solomon was a 'copper king', and all along that Araba, on both sides, we found many copper mines and smelting stations, all attributable to Solomon and his immediate successors. View quote
Cyrus H. Gordon