⛏️ Mining, Metals & Chemicals · Sankey
Ore to Metal Material Flow
How mined ore becomes finished metal in an iron and steel chain, in thousand tonnes per month, showing where material is lost.
Drawing diagram…
What this diagram shows
- Beneficiation removes most of the waste rock
- Pellets and sinter feed the blast furnace
- Tailings and slag are major by-products to manage
Prompt used
Sankey of monthly material flow in thousand tonnes: 1,000 run-of-mine ore goes to beneficiation; 650 concentrate and 350 tailings. Concentrate goes to pellet plant 450 and sinter plant 200. Both feed the blast furnace (650), producing 400 hot metal and 250 slag. Hot metal goes to the steel melt shop, producing 370 crude steel and 30 losses.
Mermaid code
sankey-beta Run-of-mine ore,Beneficiation,1000 Beneficiation,Concentrate,650 Beneficiation,Tailings,350 Concentrate,Pellet plant,450 Concentrate,Sinter plant,200 Pellet plant,Blast furnace,450 Sinter plant,Blast furnace,200 Blast furnace,Hot metal,400 Blast furnace,Slag,250 Hot metal,Crude steel,370 Hot metal,Process losses,30
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