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How to use the word tonne in a Sentence?

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It's a 20-tonne metal object. Although it will break up as it enters the atmosphere, numerous pieces -- some of them quite large -- will reach the surface.

– Michael Byers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That extraordinary event resulted in cyclonic-type base flipping over a 10-tonne truck. That is the volatility and danger that exists.

– Shane Fitzsimmons

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Somebody who was buying three tonnes or so earlier is now buying only one tonne.

– Jojo George

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This coming winter, Volvo Trucks' autonomous mining solution will be in operation and we will get paid per transported tonne.

– Sasko Cuklev

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have ordered the 330 but to finally confirm it we must make sure price is right. Performance is right. Engine is right. PDP (pre-delivery payments) is right. and performance of the 330 251-tonne is right. If right, (it is) the plane we dreamt of and fought for and then we can order more. Or else.

– Tony Fernandes

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Prices to dispose of waste are insanely high. To dispose of 1 tonne of mercury-contaminated waste, the market charges 20,000 yuan ($3,152ot ), which of course will encourage people to dump it illegally.

– Li Hui

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There's been a tonne of closures in South Sumatra and Jambi (provinces) because that was all geared towards the Indian market.

– Ben Lawson

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The situation is pretty complicated because there's too much water on the ground in southern Cordoba, Santa Fe and especially Entre Rios provinces. There are huge delays in harvesting, the 56 million tonne estimated from the grains exchange is realistic, and it could even be worse depending on weather conditions over the next weeks.

– Leandro Pierbattisti

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I told them that France will fix a carbon price in the next finance law of about 30 euros per tonne and it is very important that this momentum is followed by a coalition of other countries.

– Environment Minister Segolene Royal

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I suspect that failing a pickup in Chinese demand, prices will need to fall to below $2 a pound ($4,400 a tonne) for meaningful cutbacks to balance the market.

– John Mackenzie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There were a tonne of people (investors) that wanted it off its books for quarter-end.

– Bryden Teich

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Some of the missiles carried 24 warheads and one tonne of TNT.

– Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We should see this (5 billion tonne) target as a ceiling rather than a floor, maybe we can achieve better results.

– Zhou Dadi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Per tonne transported, this has resulted in fuel consumption of as little as nearly one litre of diesel per 100 tonne-km, delivering a significant reduction of CO2 emissions.

– Erik Jonnaert

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're minded to produce every tonne of PCI and semi-soft we can because that's where there's a healthy margin.

– Paul Flynn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As for China premiums, we believe we don't have to make a big cut from this year's $115 a tonne.

– President Yoshihiro Nishiyama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Copper prices will continue to languish this year, hovering between the current level and $5,500 a tonne.

– President Yoshihiro Nishiyama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

BHP and Rio have been looking to raise volumes in this environment to maximise every tonne, with Vale's new ships plying the waters and the price where it is, it will be full-steam ahead over the next quarter, with more ore than ever coming out.

– Morgans Financial analyst James Wilson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We go to that high altitude because it simulates the atmospheric conditions on Mars, mars has a very thin atmosphere. With current space technologies, NASA can land about 1 metric tonne, or 2,200 pounds on the surface of Mars, roughly equivalent to the Curiosity Rover’s weight.

– Steve Jurczyk

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We're still in a lull post Chinese New Year. I expect a bit of a pick-up but ... any price above $6,200-6,300 per tonne, copper will not stay there for very long, we're (still) in a surplus for this year and next ... even though mining companies have downgraded guidance and we've had 170,000 tonnes worth of disruptions so far this year.

– Deutsche Bank

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In this environment, every tonne of imported, refined sugar hurts, especially when it's dumped and subsidized.

– Michael Gorrell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Until we find some sort of stability in oil, it's going to be a fairly rocky period. We also saw iron ore prices fall again to below $70 a tonne, but there are some positive signs for the longer term. Falling crude prices are actually a stimulus. It means capex is lower, consumer cost is lower, but it takes a while to filter through.

– Evan Lucas

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We continue to ship every tonne of coal that we produce so there hasn't been any impact.

– Mike Henry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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