The research program of K1-MET, which has been financially supported within the Austrian competence centre program COMET by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth; by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology; by the provinces of Upper Austria, Styria and Tyrol; by the Styrian Business Promotion Agency and by the Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung, has its focus on the modeling and simulation of metallurgical processes, including metallurgical raw materials and refractoriness with the goal of an optimal process control with respect to product quality, zero waste, and the minimization of energy and raw materials.