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A plant to make 30 000 t y-1 of glycerine and comprising 11 process steps was built in the UK five years ago, with a total investment cost of GBP 48 million. A new plant for the production of 50 000 t y-1 of glycerine is now to be built near Ankara, Turkey. Because of more stringent international legislation, new glycerine plants require additional pollution control equivalent to 3 further process steps. Estimate the total investment cost in TRY (Turkish Lira) of such a plant using the data below.
Scale factor = 0.6
DATA |
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8 y ago |
5 y ago |
Now |
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Cost index: Turkey |
150 |
223 |
342 |
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Cost index: UK |
201 |
262 |
285 |
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Location factor, Turkey/UK |
0.82 |
not available |
not available |
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Exchange rate, TRY/GBP |
2.43 |
2.77 |
2.82 |