India Japan UBC, Tata Exergen?, page-27

You are on the right track Chainsaw however the figures aren't quite right.

At a meeting I had it explained to me(so I'll do my best to explain it as I understand it) that the shipped slurry will have moisture content of 50%.

The end use CHTD MRC will have a moisture content of around 25%.

So only approx. one quarter of shipped weight will be dewatered at other end.

In other words if you ship 100 tonnes you get paid for approx. 75 tonnes of product.

Exergen estimate that at commercial scale CHTD capex will be around $20/tonne.

I agree that even at that low cost margins will be tight at today's prices, hence the go slow IMO.

I hope that helps and I'm close in my figures.

B Rubes