Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-82.7.208.110-20130409162602/@comment-8540798-20130801142229

Unfortunately, pulverising Ferrous Ore, is the only way to get Pulverised Shiny Metal, which you can of course smelt into Ingots. Only other way to get Shiny Metal, is in Dungeon Chests. I'm surprised there isn't an Ore for it yet tbh, even up to version 1.5.2.