Plant Economics: Fixed and Variable Costs, Net Cost per Tonne and Break-Even Throughput
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In this lesson
You build the sorting plant's yearly cost, find the net cost per tonne the gate fee has to cover, the result with the contract gate fee and the in-feed tonnes the plant needs to break even.
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Lessons in this course
- Collection Rounds: Bins, Lifts per Hour, Tonnes per Round and Cost per Tonne Locked
- Gate Fees and Haul Distance: The Cheapest Destination per Area Locked
- The Mass Balance: In-Feed Tonnes × Composition = Material Streams Locked
- Recovery Rates and Purity: Recovered Tonnes, Bale Weight and Grade Bands Locked
- Output Revenue: Tonnes × Price × Grade, Price Swings and Scenarios Locked
- Residues and Rejected Bales: Residue Tonnes, Disposal Cost and the Cost per Tonne of In-Feed Locked
- Plant Economics: Fixed and Variable Costs, Net Cost per Tonne and Break-Even Throughput Locked
- Scenarios and Dashboard: Price Drops, More Recycling, Contract Options and the Chart Locked