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million ton vs million tonnes

Both 'million tons' and 'million tonnes' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Million tons' is used in American English, while 'million tonnes' is used in British English. The choice between the two depends on the English variant you are using.
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million ton

This phrase is correct in American English.

This phrase is commonly used in American English to refer to a quantity of one million tons.

Examples:

  • The factory produced a million ton of steel last year.
  • Oct 5, 2022 ... If you don't have over 50% pen in base already million ton isn't worth it. for example, petras anchor starts with 15% pen and blunt DMG however the first light ...
  • Million Ton Per Annum ; LNG Fundamentals. In Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas ; Atmospheric Pollution. Wilfrid Francis, Martin C. Peters, in Fuels and Fuel ...
  • Feb 12, 2024 ... I was making a build that utilised both million ton piercer and ether overdrive, but I realised that you can't get both talents as they block each other out.
  • Air transport, freight (million ton-km) Air freight is the volume of freight, express, and diplomatic bags carried on each flight stage (operation of an ...
  • Jul 18, 2017 ... a million ton is 1,000,000 (NONE metric) tons and as such could be UK imperial or US ton which are both different ! A metric ton ? no such thing ...
  • Dec 11, 2023 ... Hidden hazard: Boulder's million-ton coal ash problem has no local watchdog. Months of reporting into Xcel Energy's Valmont coal ash site ...
  • Jun 5, 2024 ... Windey New Energy and Zhaoyun (Liaoning) New Energy signed an agreement with Daan, Jilin government to build 1 million ton green methanol production plant.
  • Oct 28, 2020 ... A million ton? You mean one million tonS? A HUGE difference! A metric ton - or tonne - is worth 1000 kilogrammes! That is about 2200 lbs!
  • Dec 27, 2023 ... China's first 1 million ton hydrogen-based shaft furnace began production at Baosteel Zhanjiang · China Baowu Steel Group Corporation, ...
  • Jul 14, 2018 ... An 11-million-ton iceberg is parked precariously close to the tiny village of Innaarsuit — a glacial faceoff that pits 169 residents of ...

Alternatives:

  • million tons

million tonnes

This phrase is correct in British English.

This phrase is commonly used in British English to refer to a quantity of one million metric tons.

Examples:

  • The ship carried a cargo of a million tonnes of coal.
  • Today, we produce about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year. We are seeing other worrying trends. Since the 1970s, the rate of plastic production has ...
  • Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes. It now produces over 450 million tonnes.
  • Mar 20, 2024 ... The 62 million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2022 would fill 1.55 million 40-tonne trucks, roughly enough trucks to form a bumper-tobumper line ...
  • Jan 24, 2019 ... The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the ...
  • 92 million tonnes of textiles waste is produced every year. Of the 100 billion garments produced each year, 92 million tonnes end up in landfills.
  • Oct 21, 2021 ... Global plastic production has risen exponentially in the last decades. It now amounts to some 400 million tonnes per year.
  • Jul 12, 2020 ... Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US – roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017 – are either dumped into landfill or burned.
  • Plastic pollution in numbers. 8 million pieces of plastic pollution make their way into the ocean every day. (OSPAR, 2009); 12 million tonnes of plastic is ...
  • The research indicates that there will be 43 million tonnes of blade waste worldwide by 2050 with China possessing 40% of the waste, Europe 25%, the United ...
  • May 11, 2023 ... Black Sea Initiative exports top 30 million tonnes from Ukraine, as talks continue over renewal. A joint civilian inspection team comprising ...

Alternatives:

  • million tons

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