Turkey · integrated cement plant

Current production cost

Live FX, coal and day-ahead electricity prices, allocated across quarry, grinding, kiln, storage, staff and depreciation. Adjust the plant assumptions; the model recalculates immediately.

Modelled cost per tonne

2.151 ₺

€38.4/$43.0

7-day PTF 2 Nov 2026 · TCMB 2 Nov 2026 · coal 2026-09

Electricity: 447 ₺
Kiln fuel: 601 ₺
Staff + depreciation: 402 ₺

Cost groups

Electricity is split across process steps, not counted twice.

Quarrying

Stacker, reclaimer, blasting, diesel, quarry wear

178 ₺8%

Limestone grinding

Raw mill, grinding media, iron ore / clay correctives

231 ₺11%

Coal / petcoke grinding

Separate mill; petcoke is harder to grind than coal

22 ₺1%

Kiln / burning

Clinker production: fuel mix + kiln fans, refractories, spares

917 ₺43%

Clinker grinding

Cement mill, grinding media, gypsum

387 ₺18%

Storage (silos)

Silo aeration, conveying, packing auxiliaries

13 ₺1%

Staff

350 employees × €1000/month

147 ₺7%

Depreciation

8.5% of mill-gate revenue

255 ₺12%

Fuel mix per tonne of cement

Default 50/50 coal and petcoke by thermal energy. Tires or slate displace fossil fuel.

Fuel	kg/t	₺/t
Coal	58.8	368 ₺
Petcoke	43.0	233 ₺
End-of-life tires	0.0	0 ₺
Slate / oil shale	0.0	0 ₺

Sanity checks

Staff vs revenue (target 3–5%)4.9%
Depreciation (target €5–8m)€7.29m
Cash opex excl. energy / staff / dep.701 ₺
Energy share of modelled cost49%
Cost vs mill-gate price72%

Plant assumptions

Annual cement outputt/yearClinker factort clinker / t cementElectricitykWh/tNetwork (iletim / capacity)₺/MWhIndustrial KBK× (PTF + YEKDEM)Electricity consumption tax%EmployeespeopleStaff cost€ / person / monthDepreciation% of revenueMill-gate cement price₺/tKiln heat consumptionkcal/kg clinkerCoal share of fossil%Tires (thermal share)%Slate (thermal share)%Coal freight to Turkey$/tPetcoke freight$/tTires price$/tSlate price$/tQuarry cash opex$/t cementMill cash opex$/t cementKiln maintenance / refractories$/t clinkerGypsum and additives$/t cement