Mining and aggregates
Aggregate production cost per ton
Allocate extraction and processing expense over saleable aggregate output.
Your inputs
Complete the fields for your selected method. Zero means intentionally zero, not unknown. Currency selection labels amounts; it does not convert exchange rates.
How this calculation works
saleable output = processed input × yield; cost/ton = period costs/saleable output
Use consistent weight and moisture basis; one US short ton is2000lb. No extraction plan, reserve valuation, equipment sizing, blasting guidance or environmental compliance is provided. Use your own records for the same scope and period. Example figures are illustrative, not industry benchmarks. Results exclude income taxes and any cost you have not entered. Check the result before pricing work or committing resources.
What information do I need?
Use records for the same job, equipment or accounting period. Only the fields for your selected entry method are required. An unknown amount is not zero.
Input definitions and where to find them
- Processed material in period (US short tons): Use the matching measured quantity, time log, schedule or clearly stated estimate. Zero means intentionally none; an unknown amount is not zero.
- Saleable product share of input (%): Enter a percentage from your records or an explicitly chosen scenario. No typical or recommended rate is supplied.
- Extraction and incoming material expense (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Crushing screening and labor expense (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
- Other period operating costs (selected currency): Use a supplier quote, invoice, payroll record or allocated cost for the exact job or period named here. Include this amount only once.
Use the Where to find this value controls beside the inputs for available work-it-out helpers. Estimates remain your assumptions; a helper does not verify the source figures.
Worked example
Example amounts use US dollars (USD).
Example answer: Operating cost per saleable ton is $7.06 for the illustrative inputs below.
Example inputs
- Processed material in period: 10,000.00 US short tons
- Saleable product share of input: 85.00 %
- Extraction and incoming material expense: $20,000.00
- Crushing screening and labor expense: $30,000.00
- Other period operating costs: $10,000.00
- Operating cost per saleable ton
- $7.06
- Saleable aggregate output
- 8,500.00 US short tons
- Entered operating cost
- $60,000.00
- Non-saleable material difference
- 1,500.00 US short tons
These illustrative values are not recommended rates or industry averages. Replace every example input with your own figures.
Use the result well
Allocate extraction and processing expense over saleable aggregate output. Inputs come from your own records and stated assumptions; no rates or legal limits are looked up.
Keep inputs on the same scope and time basis. Calculations retain precision internally; displayed values generally round to two decimal places, with extra precision for very small values and whole-unit rounding where required. Economic comparisons describe your supplied assumptions and do not guarantee future results.
This tool provides business arithmetic. It does not approve engineering designs, establish legal or tax treatment, select equipment or certify safe operating conditions.