For later reference...

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For later reference and cause basal_surge may be interested...
Bronze age living history in the Netherlands. Some interesting Bronze-casting stuff using VERY early techniques. Even has a section on minerals...

Edit: And on bloomery iron smelting (bloody noisy advert with it though:()

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Hmm.

The ore I have at the moment is very pure, so perhaps I had best get it crushed and add a lot of sand to it to get the necessary slag/iron balance.