bulk materials
Unpackaged industrial supplies
Bulk materials are loose, unpackaged substances handled in large quantities—sand, gravel, grain, coal, cement.
They're typically measured by weight or volume rather than counted individually, and transported in specialized containers: hoppers, silos, tanker trucks.
The port handles bulk materials like iron ore and wood chips.
The term distinguishes these commodities from packaged goods or discrete manufactured items.
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- loose fillUncompacted insulating material
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
phosphates · hay · gravel · wood chips · wood pellets · silo · storage bin · bauxite · iron ore · limestone · potash · clinker · fly ash · sand · silage · salt · asphalt · cotton bales
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