How to Use "tonne" with Example Sentences

1. A 4 00000 - tonne mound sits ready to burn .
2. Prices are still well above their pre-crisis average of $ 250 a tonne .
3. Now some facilities cost as much as $ 1000 a tonne .
4. However , this week 's auction only managed to sell about two-thirds of the 20000 - tonne planned sale .
5. A tonne of rice produces around 200kg of husks and those , in turn , yield 40kg of silica .