Ore Processing and Steel

Step 1: ore/raw ore → Macerator → 2 crushed ore → furnace → ingots. Enough for the start.

Step 2: crushed ore + 1000 mB water → Ore Washing Plant (16 EU/t) → purified ore + 2 tiny piles of dust + Stone Dust. Purified ore also smelts into an ingot.

Step 3: purified ore → Thermal Centrifuge (MV, 48 EU/t, heats up first, redstone keeps it hot) → dust + a tiny pile of a byproduct: copper→tin, tin→iron, iron→gold, gold→silver, silver→lead, lead→copper. 9 tiny piles = 1 dust.

Uranium only works this way: → Uranium-238 + Tiny Pile of Uranium 235.

Blast Furnace (heat): iron → Steel Ingot — steel for every mod.