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==Planned Steel Production== | ==Planned Steel Production== | ||
− | It is always recommended to have more [[iron]] bars than [[pig iron]] bars because, supposing you have an abundance of [[charcoal]]/[[coke]] and [[flux]], you can always turn iron | + | It is always recommended to have more [[iron]] bars than [[pig iron]] bars because, supposing you have an abundance of [[charcoal]]/[[coke]] and [[flux]], you can always turn iron ingo pig iron, but not vice versa. In a fortress with only a limited number of iron bars and pig iron bars, you want to plan the two steps of steel production to maximize the steel bar yield: |
* Step 1: Make pig iron bars, but also leave enough iron bars available for step 2 of the steel bar production | * Step 1: Make pig iron bars, but also leave enough iron bars available for step 2 of the steel bar production | ||
* Step 2: Have iron bars and pig iron bars in ratio 1:1, process them into steel bars | * Step 2: Have iron bars and pig iron bars in ratio 1:1, process them into steel bars |