Bulk Material Transactions

Bulk materials are materials that are moved as a mass, and are not packaged or separated into discrete entities. Examples of materials that would be handled in bulk are coal, iron ore, or any bulk base metal concentrate, such as copper or lead concentrate.

Transactions are a record of the movement of bulk material through the supply chain across predefined process flows that link the locations, from the mine sources to the run of mine (ROM) stockpiles, and from there through the various production processes to the final product stockpiles and onto despatches. Transactions store data about the quantity and quality of material that is moved.

Bulk materials can be moved from stockpile to stockpile using preconfigured transaction editors or by creating a manual blend. Loading and unloading transactions are used to track bulk material despatched via train, truck, barge or vessel.

If multiple transaction types exist in the transaction editor, the order in which they are applied to the stockpiles is defined by the process flow order. See Reorder Material Flows.