Ore Processing Overview

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These processes collectively quadruple your ore output and offer two bonus ores. Thats 6 ore dust per ore block, over all. Does so at the cost of over 2 kw per block of ore, or over 130 kw per stack. In addition, the processing requires water and chemical inputs. In addition, the ore must be smelted using a reducer or blast furnace. Iron, titanium and tungsten ores have special processing requirements. Aluminum is too cool for all this shit and does its own thing.

8 STATES OF ORE (9 for iron, titanium and tungsten) Ore block Coarse chunks of [general ore] Rough chunks of [general ore] [general ore] dust Seperated [general ore] dust [general ore] slurry [specific ore] dust pig iron ingot, spongy titanium ingot, powdered tungsten alloy [specific ore] ingot

ORE PROCESSING FLOW SUMMARY

Ore block -> Coarse chunks of [general ore] -> Rough chunks of [general ore] x2 -> [general ore] dust x3 -> Seperated [general ore] dust +1 BONUS [specific ore] dust -> [general ore] slurry x4 -> [specific ore] dust +1 BONUS [specific ore] dust -> [specific ore] ingot

ORE PROCESSING FLOW SPECIFICS

-coarse chunks (jaw crusher) -each ore/stone block requires 1 kw to process -insert ore block, receieve 1 "Coarse chunks of [general ore]"

-rough chunks (jaw crusher) x2 -each unit of "Coarse chunks of [general ore]" requires .5 kw to process -insert 1 "Coarse chunks of [general ore]", receive 2 "Rough chunks of [general ore]"

-dust (ball mill) x3 -each unit of "Rough chunks of [general ore]" requires .33 kw to process -insert 2 "Rough chunks of [general ore]", receive 3 "[general ore] dust"

-seperated dust (spiral classifier) +1 -each unit of "[general ore] dust" requires .2 kw to process -requires 1 bucket of water per 3 "Pile of [general ore] dust" -.01% chance to turn sand into 1 ore dust [configurable, preferably] -insert 3 "[general ore] dust", receive 3 "Seperated [general ore] dust" plus 1 bonus "[specific ore] dust" {if magnetic ore}

-slurry (frother) x4 -each unit of "Seperated [general ore] dust" require .2 kw to process -requires 10 buckets of water per 64 operations -requires 1 bucket of SEX per 64 operations (ha fucking ha, its an acronym for "sodium ethyl xanthate", a chemical made with ethyl alcohol and carbon disulfide, which is charcoal/carbon mixed with sulfur and heated) -.04% chance to turn sand into 1 ore dust [configurable, preferably] -insert 3 "Seperated [general ore] dust", receive 4 "[general ore] slurry"

-concentrated dust (electrowinning) +1 -each unit of "[general ore] slurry" requires 2 kw to process -requires 10 buckets of water per 64 operations -requires 1 bucket of sulfuric acid -.1% chance to turn sand into 1 ore dust [configurable, preferably] -insert 4 "[general ore] slurry", receive 4 "[specific ore] dust" and 1 bonus "[specific ore] dust"

-ingots (reducer) -each unit of "[specific ore] dust" requires 5 kw to turn "[specific ore] dust" into "[specific ore] ingots" -processes all ores but iron, titanium and unadulterated tungsten

-ingots (blast furnace) -each operation uses 1 bucket of water -uses 6.25 kw per operation in "electric arc mode" OR 2 kw + 1 "tank of oxygen" in "basic oxygen" mode -10 "Iron dust" + 1 "coking coal" + 1 "limestone dust" yields 10 "pig iron bar" -1 "Titanium dust" yields 1 "spongy titanium ingot" -1 "Powdered tungsten alloy" yields 4 "tungsten ingot" -10 "pig iron ingot" + 1 "coking coal" + 1 "limestone dust" yields 10 "steel ingot" -1 "spongy titanium ingot" + 1 "tank of inert gas" yields 1 "titanium ingot" + 1 "empty gas tank"

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