Bulk Solids, Mining, Aggregates & Material Processing worked example

Bulk Material Loss with material actually delivered or recovered of 12,000 tons: a worked example

What does the result look like when material actually delivered or recovered reaches 12,000 tons? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a plant team is reviewing bulk material loss for bulk solids, mining, aggregates, and material processing and needs a clear bulk material loss for production, quality, capacity, maintenance, purchasing, or costing decisions

The inputs for this scenario

  • Material actually delivered or recovered: 12,000 tons (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 4,800)
  • Material expected from the original quantity: 5,000 tons (unchanged)
  • Reference quantity for the loss percentage: 5,000 tons (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Bulk Material Loss uses the entered bulk material loss for bulk solids, mining, aggregates, and material processing values on a consistent unit basis.) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 140 % for bulk material loss, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7,000 value for bulk material loss absolute margin.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12,000 value for available bulk material loss amount.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5,000 value for required bulk material loss amount.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where material actually delivered or recovered sits at 4,800 tons and the headline result is -4 %, this scenario comes in 3,600% above the baseline at 140 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when material actually delivered or recovered is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It reports a net figure only and cannot tell you where the loss occurred, so a result of -4% still needs a physical investigation to assign a cause.

Results at a glance

  • Bulk Material Loss: 140 % (headline result)
  • Bulk Material Loss absolute margin: 7,000 value
  • Available bulk material loss amount: 12,000 value
  • Required bulk material loss amount: 5,000 value

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Bulk Material Loss calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.