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…Labor productivity was more lumpy. Further cost details are available in our economic model of copper production. 15 companies are covered overall in our screen of copper producers, including diversified…
There are around 50,000 giant mining trucks in operation globally. The largest examples are around 16m long, 10m wide, 8m high, can carry around 350-450 tons and reach top speeds…
This data-file captures the costs and the economics of installing a synchronous condenser, downstream of a renewable power facility, in order to emulate some of the inertia, reactive power and…
…saving of 34%, and 15 past projects with an average cost around $250/kW. Our modelling calculates a 15% IRR installing a VFD at a typical industrial motor. Sensitivity analysis shows…
This data-file aims to approximate the economics of a new coal mine, using simple rules of thumb and data from past projects, capex (in $/Tpa) and opex (in $/ton). Coal…
…was a button you could press, somewhere in a steel mill, with a big shiny label that said “decarbonize steel”. The reality in our model (below) is that CO2 emissions…
This data-file models the economics of producing glass fiber, the key component in fiberglass, which is used in wind turbine blades and the light-weighting of transport; but also an insulation…
This data-file captures the economics for a typical LNG regas facility. We estimate that a fixed plant with 75-80% utilization requires a spread near to $0.8/mcf on its gas imports,…
This data-file captures fuel retail economics covering the costs and margins of a typical fuel-retailing petrol station to earn a 10% unlevered IRR, based on data from companies in the…
…of July-2024, we have also included a simple model of Japan’s electricity mix, from 1985 to 2023, plus our forecasts through 2030. The best option for decarbonization would be to…