The document discusses furnaces used in primary metal production. Primary metals are metals extracted from ores without scrap. Various furnaces are used to produce primary metals through high-temperature chemical reactions. These furnaces include shaft furnaces, which continuously supply ore and fuel from the top while blowing air into the bottom, muffle furnaces which isolate materials from furnace gases, and hearth furnaces like reverberatory furnaces which need high temperatures. Hearth roasters arrange multiple hearths vertically to roast coarse ores, while flash smelting uses rapid reactions for fine particulate matter. All involve gas and air to produce chemical reactions forming ingots for further processing.