摘要 |
The present invention relates to a primary product production system, and a method of supplying raw material (15) for the production. The row material (15) is provided in a manner, inter-alia, that is an improvement in the delivery and/or selection of supplied materials used. In a particular form, the product results from metal making and/or the coal industry. In a generic overall description, a customer (10) specifies a processed product as set out in an order (11) which typically includes quality and quantity of processed product such as pig iron (33) or other product, and places it. Changes (12) may also be made. This information is input to a database/computer (20) which then determines from the order (11, 12) which sources of raw materials (15) to the foundry or refinery (9) to produce a primary product which fulfils customer (10) orders (11) and/or changes (12). The raw material(s) (15) may be supplied from any'asset' (1-n).
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