The Manganese-to-Battery Economy

C02

Under the central plant assumptions, a sales price of USD1,800 a tonne does not cover the full economic cost at either 75 or 90 percent utilisation.

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A02Central HPMSM plantThe central plant is a hypothetical 30,000-tonne-a-year HPMSM facility with R4.5 billion of initial capital and USD1,100 a tonne of operating cost.high sensitivity

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R02Central 30,000-tonne HPMSM plantAt 75 percent utilisation the central plant requires about USD2,454 a tonne in real product revenue to cover operating cost, annualised capital and sustaining capital. At 90 percent the requirement is about USD2,228. The paper's USD1,800 sales case does not clear the full economic cost.modelled

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