A process for the fabrication of metal in shapes of long length and relatively thin cross section by deposition of molten metal on to a substrate and subsequent removal of the shaped metal article therefrom, in which a stream of gas-atomized particles of molten metal is directed on to a substrate, and caused to coalesce and form a coherent layer which is subjected while still hot to hot working, hot working being carried out either (a) before or after removal from a non-deformable substrate or (b) after removal from a deformable substrate.