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liamC
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26th Aug 08 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
"This new washing plant triples the production capacity to reach more than two million Tons/Year."

'Tons/Year', 'Tonnes/Year', 'tons per year' or 'tonnes per year'?
Robbo
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26th Aug 08 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Isnt one metric and one imperial

and it will be x per year
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26th Aug 08 at 12:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
A tonne a 1000kg, or a metric tonne.

[Edited on 26-08-2008 by Mase]

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liamC
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Im not sure mate - Im tidying up text from what a nativate arabic wrote to read smoothly in English, but I'm unsure on this sort of stuff, especially metric/imperial stuff!!

[Edited on 26-08-2008 by liamC]
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Tons and Tonnes are different
So if it is Tons you are using then it'll be Tons/year or Tons per year
liamC
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So I should leave it as Tons per year then I presume - thanks chaps.
John
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26th Aug 08 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton

That says tonne is the only form legal for trade, it will probably be the tonne (metric ton) although there is only 2% of a difference.
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26th Aug 08 at 13:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tonne is a metric tonne(1000kg)

so it will be tonnes per year?
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26th Aug 08 at 13:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If it's metric - go for tonnes/year
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26th Aug 08 at 14:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can't choose the unit. That's like deciding whether you prefer saying you're 6 foot tall or 6 metres. Clearly you need to tell the truth!

Regarding the sentence, I would probably alter it further than you have, is the washing plant a factory? Need to see it in context, but probably -

The new washing plant has enabled production capacity to be tripled to more than two million tonnes per year.
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
Isnt one metric and one imperial



Yes

 
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