Sentence examples for tonne lower from inspiring English sources

For the same set of assumptions, the cost of transport is US$0.399 per tonne lower in the Central US and US$0.200 per tonne higher in the Northeast US.

Result? UK CO2 emissions fell by 10.8 million tonnes last year (though the recession helped) and greenhouse gas emissions were 66 million tonnes lower than in 1997, the Government says.

Although Indians have continued to buy at high prices, they have done so in ever smaller quantities: purchases last year, at 480 tonnes, were more than 200 tonnes lower than in 2008.

The scientists found that global wheat production was 33m tonnes (5.5%) lower than it would have been without warming, and maize production was 23m tonnes (3.8%) lower.

Two years ago tomorrow, a nuclear-powered rover, the size of an SUV and weighing almost a tonne, was lowered onto the surface of Mars.

Floods in Australia linked to the broader La Niña phenomenon, an occasional wobble in the climate which may also be playing a role in China's drought—have hit the quality of wheat for export.The International Grains Council estimates world wheat production in 2011 will be 647m tonnes, much lower than in the two years before.

Two replacement gates weighing 3.6 tonnes were lowered into place at the Grade II-listed canal lock last week.

Compared to using trucking, barges reduced carbon dioxide emission by ten million tonnes and lowered costs by 25%.

The fall in the dollar and in freight rates has also kept the local-currency costs of importing a tonne of cereals lower than dollar-denominated world prices.

For example the data is based on an iron ore price of US $48 per tonne that is lower than the current price.

The estimated price of $35 a tonne is even lower than the conservative forecast from December's budget update, which assumed prices would fall to $60 a tonne.