short ton
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Scotts buys about 150 kilotons of urea each year, per his estimate, and urea prices have surged to $660 per short ton from an average of $422 per short ton over the past year.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Costs of urea, a nitrogen fertilizer, rose nearly 30 percent per short ton between the week of February 27 and the week of March 6, she said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Soybean meal futures tacked on another 1.2% between Wednesday and Friday, and Friday’s settle of $371.80 per short ton is 20% above the Oct.
From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2021
For example, the current price for Midwest Domestic Hot-Rolled Coil Steel is $916 per short ton — but futures prices imply that will fall to $759 by December of 2019.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2018
Since a barrel of this peat weighed less than 100 lbs., the short ton would occupy the volume of 20 barrels; as is well known, a ton of anthracite can be put into 8 barrels.
From Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel by Johnson, Samuel W. (Samuel William)
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