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After several years of planning and construction, the Chinese Loyalist government unveil its first of many SFC (Steel Foundy Complex) that would make it possible for the first time for the large scale production of steel.
Seen here is one of three parts to the complex. Coal is transported from the Black Cow Mine by rail and unloaded here. The coal is then process in this part of the complex, into refined coke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29. The coke is then transfer to the secondary building next door, where it fuels blast furnaces to smelt pig iron from another mine near Anyia. At last, the pig iron would would be carried to the last building where it is process into low-grade steel by five large Bessemer converters. The estimate initial production level for this SFC would be around twenty-forty tons of mild steel a day. Future SFCs would have higher production levels and sophistication, but the three-part-process would remain the same for every foundry. Also, the factory complex is the first in the country to have electric power and lighting, thanks to a steam generator that uses the waste heat from the furnaces and coke ovens to create steam.
While inferior compare to other steel production in the other developed nations, the SFC has been a huge undertaking and achievement for the Chinese Loyalist State. The materials and technical information needed to build it were difficult to obtain, and economic slump threatened to stop the project. The steel rails for example had to be painstakingly fashioned by local blacksmiths with simple tools. The generator was bought by organizers from a scrap yard across the border in Saletzia. Everything took awhile to come together, and delays with supply and equipment were constant. But the end result....was spectacular, to both project managers and new workers.
"Holy crap, the place had LIGHTS!!!"exclaim one local worker who was thrilled by the new factory."It was all so amazing, I press this button on the wall, and the garage doors opens...ALL BY ITSELF. No need to lift it or anything! IT FREAK THE SHIT out of my friend Han Qi,...you should had seen the guy fainted...right there."
Anyian citizens hope that the new factory would continue to offer new jobs for residence and make steel goods readily available for the first time. When ask about the factory's first application for the new steel, Project Head Manager Vali Wong simply stated, "roof shingles".
