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- In this lesson, you will set up a mining company and start a raw
- material production business.
-
- In this tutorial, the following hot keys can be used:
-
- [Esc] - Quit the tutorial.
- [Back Space] - Go back one tutorial step.
-
- pos : 281, 88, 308, 101
- mouse : left single
- First, you need to locate a site with reserves of natural
- resources. Click the Resource Map button to view all natural
- resource reserves in the map.
-
- pos : 146, 142
- On the resource map, locations that have natural resource
- reserves are represented by the first letter of the resource's name.
- For example, oil is shown on the map with the letter "O".
-
- pos : 217, 148, 227, 156
- mouse : left double
- Double-click on the letter "I" to jump to a location with iron
- ore reserves.
-
- pos : 470, 267
- When you highlight a location with a natural resource reserve,
- its information is shown here. The reserve level, ranging from 1
- to 100, is the size of the reserve. The quality rating, also
- in the range of 1 to 100, indicates the quality of the natural
- resource. Land with both high reserves and high quality have
- a higher cost than land with either low reserves or low quality.
-
- pos : 276, 312, 313, 334
- mouse : left single
- This location seems to be a reasonable choice.
-
- Click the Build button to set up a mining company here.
-
- pos : 13, 321, 117, 329
- mouse : left single
- Select "Mining Company".
-
- pos : 571, 417, 619, 453
- mouse : left single
-
- Notice that the combined cost of the land and construction is
- greater than your current capital. At this point, one of your
- opinions is to take out a loan from the bank.
-
- pos : 341, 58
- openmenu : 4, 2
- To take out a loan, you select the "Financial" option from the
- "Action" menu.
-
- runmenu : 4, 2
-
- pos : 145, 64, 241, 74
- mouse : left single
- This menu permits several financial actions. Click here to take out
- a bank loan.
-
- pos : 260, 168
- The first figure you should keep in mind is your credit
- limit, which is the maximum amount of money your corporation can
- borrow now. It is determined by the equity and profitability of
- your corporation.
-
- pos : 262, 182
- You should also look at the interest rate. A higher rate, of
- course, mean that a loan costs more, which results in higher loan
- payments.
-
- pos : 243, 212, 248, 222
- mouse : left single
- Now, click the "+" button of the spinner to set the amount
- you want to borrow.
-
- pos : 243, 212, 248, 222
- mouse : right single
- You can right-click on the spinner to increase or decrease the
- value by a large step.
-
- Try right-clicking here.
-
- pos : 396, 214, 443, 223
- mouse : left single
- Press the "Borrow" button to confirm the loan.
-
- pos : 271, 141
- Note the total loan that your corporation and the monthly
- interest payment of the loan is shown in this window once the
- transaction is complete.
-
- pos : 305, 400, 319, 408
- mouse : left single
- action : enable_next_day
- Click the "Ok" button to close the menu.
-
- pos : 571, 417, 619, 453
- mouse : left single
- Now, you can afford to build an iron mine. Press the "Build"
- button to construct your new mine.
-
- pos : 276, 285, 313, 308
- mouse : left single
- Click the "Layout" button to see the layout plan of the mining company.
-
- pos : 334, 259, 397, 314
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 1, 8
- A mining company cannot operate without a mining unit.
-
- Double-click here to set up a mining unit.
-
- pos : 190, 291
- Pay special attention to the "Reserve" level, which is the amount
- of reserve remaining in the land. When it reaches zero, the
- reserve is exhausted and you can no longer mine the mineral in
- that location.
-
- pos : 418, 259, 480, 313
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 2, 5
- Instead of linking the mining unit directly to a sale unit, it
- might be a good idea to set up an inventory unit between them. An
- inventory unit provides a place to store large quantities of
- raw materials and can protect against unexpected surges in demand.
- This allows the mining company to continue to serve customers throughout
- an unexpected increase in demand.
-
- Double-click here to create one.
-
- pos : 503, 261, 561, 312
- mouse : left double
- checkunit : 3, 12
- Double-click here to set up a sale unit.
-
- pos : 399, 282, 415, 292
- mouse : left double
- Next, link the units together by switching on the linkage lines between
- them.
-
- Double-click on this line...
-
- pos : 482, 283, 498, 289
- mouse : left double
- ...and double-click this one, too.
-
- pos : 277,257,312,279
- mouse : left single
- Your mining company is now ready for business. To see a summary of
- current operations, click on the Information button.
-
- pos : 216, 300
- Here you see the summary information for the firm. The first
- three details are obvious; the fourth one, average utilization,
- needs some explanation. It tells how well you are using the
- capacity of the units in the mine. The utilization level of all
- units in the firm is in a range from 0 to 100. If the utilization
- level of this mining company is high, you are running near the
- mine's current capacity. In this case, you can consider adding
- another team of mining and sale units to increase capacity.
-
- Note that most raw materials can be produced by setting up a
- mining company. The exceptions are timber and crude oil. Set up a
- forestry company for timber and a crude oil company for the
- production of crude oil. Setting up a forestry company or a
- crude oil company is very similar to the process for a mining
- company. You now have the basic skills necessary to run a mining
- company. You are now ready to move on to the next lesson.