About the Mine and Mill Equipment Cost Calculator

The Cost Data and Advice You Need to Make Informed Mining Decisions

The Industry's Most Comprehensive Tool for Mine and Mill Cost Estimating

Calculator Reliable equipment cost estimating requires experience, judgement, attention to detail, and the best cost data available. You probably have the experience and judgement, but do you have the cost data you need? Our Equipment Cost Calculator provides access to the CostMine database containing reliable capital and operating cost data for 3,000 equipment items commonly found at mines around the world.

With the Cost Calculator, You Will be Able to:

  • Select your equipment inventory from our database of over 3,000 models and sizes
  • Utilize CostMine's current capital cost and hourly operating cost data for all of the items you select.
  • Adjust the cost data to reflect local unit costs, currencies, operating conditions and economics.
  • Print a report containing the capital and operating cost data for your equipment inventory.
  • Export your inventory list with cost data to an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis if desired.

If you value your time, if you value the quality of your estimates, if you want to make your job easier, the Cost Calculator will work for you. Once you have determined your mine or mill equipment requirements, the rest is easy. In a matter of minutes you can determine capital and hourly operating costs for the equipment needed for your project. A quick look at our "How to Use the Cost Calculator" discussion will show you how easily this can be accomplished. Screen samples are shown here as well.

Further details about the equipment specifications and cost data in the Cost Calculator are listed under "Cost Parameters and Definitions".

Who Uses the Mine & Mill Equipment Cost Calculator?

Mining
  • Cost Estimators
  • Purchasing Agents
  • Geologists, Engineers, Metallurgists
  • Appraisers

The Calculator is Ideal for:

  • Estimating project costs
  • Developing capital and operating budgets
  • Establishing baseline prices for appraisals

Our Job is to Help You do Your Job Better
Your job may be to assure that your company spends its financial resources wisely. Ours is to assure that you have the data and tools you need to do your job well.

Equipment Types Included in the Cost Calculator

  • Air Separators
  • Alluvial Mineral Treatment Plants
  • Backhoes, Hydraulic
  • Bag Packing Machines
  • Bag Palletizing Machines
  • Bag Placing Machines
  • Battery Chargers, Cap Lamp
  • Battery Chargers, Locomotive
  • Bin, Storage
  • Blocks, Dragline
  • Blocks, Dredge
  • Blowers
  • Briquetting Machines
  • Bucket Elevators
  • Bucketwheel Excavators
  • Buildings
  • Cap Lamps
  • Carbon Stripping Systems
  • Cars, Rail
  • Cars, Railroad
  • Cars, Railroad, Covers
  • Catalytic Diesel Filters
  • Centrifuges
  • Chargers, Bulk Explosive
  • Classifiers, Screw
  • Communication System, Underground, Voice and Data
  • Compactor, Drum
  • Compactors
  • Compactors, Self-Propelled Sheepsfoot
  • Compactors, Self-Propelled, Roller
  • Compressors, Booster
  • Compressors, Centrifugal, Stationary
  • Compressors, Low Profile
  • Compressors, Portable
  • Compressors, Rotary Screw, Stationary
  • Compressors, Shop, Stationary
  • Concrete Pumps
  • Continuous Haulage, Belt Conveyor Systems:
  • Continuous Miners
  • Continuous Miners, Dintheader - Type
  • Continuous Miners, Boom-Type (Roadheader)
  • Continuous Miners, Boom-Type (Roadheader)
  • Continuous Miners, Surface Drum-Type
  • Controller, Variable rpm, Electric Motor
  • Conveyor Feeder-Breakers
  • Conveyor Magnets
  • Conveyor, Portable Jump
  • Conveyors, In-Pit
  • Conveyors, Overland
  • Conveyors, Process Plant
  • Conveyors, Screw
  • Cranes, Hydraulic
  • Cranes, Overhead Traveling Bridge
  • Crushers, Cone, Shorthead
  • Crushers, Cone, Standard
  • Crushers, Gyratory
  • Crushers, Hammermill, Non-Clogging
  • Crushers, Hammermill, Reversible
  • Crushers, Hammermill, Reversible, Coal
  • Crushers, Hammermill, Standard
  • Crushers, Impact, Single Rotor
  • Crushers, Jaw, Double Toggle
  • Crushers, Jaw, Single Toggle
  • Crushers, Roll, Coal
  • Crushers, Roll, Double
  • Crushing/Screening Plants, Portable
  • Cyanide Analyzer
  • Cyclones, Wet, Coal
  • Cyclones, Wet, Mineral
  • Density Separator
  • Diamond Drill Equipment
  • Draglines, Crawler
  • Draglines, Walking
  • Dredges
  • Dredges, Cutterhead
  • Drilling Equipment:
  • Drills, Percussion Crawler
  • Drills, Reverse Circulation
  • Drills, Rotary Crawler
  • Drills, Rotary, Truck Mounted Blasthole
  • Drum Fillers
  • Dryers, Rotary Gas-Fired
  • Dust Collectors, Bag Filter
  • Dust Collectors, Bin
  • Dust Collectors, Wet Scrubber
  • Electric Motors, AC Crusher Duty
  • Electric Motors, AC, Standard Protected
  • Electric Motors, AC, Totally Enclosed
  • Electric Motors, AC, Totally Enclosed Explosion-proof
  • Electric Motors, DC Variable Speed
  • Electric Motors, DC, Drip-proof Guarded
  • Electric Motors, DC, Totally Enclosed
  • Electric Motors, DC, Totally Enclosed Explosion-proof
  • Electric Power Transmission Lines
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electrostatic Separators
  • Electrowinning Cells
  • Engines, Diesel
  • Evaporators, Tailings Pond
  • Explosive Storage Bins
  • Explosive Storage Magazines
  • Feed Distributors
  • Feeders, Apron, Manganese Steel
  • Feeders, Apron, Steel Alloy
  • Feeders, Belt
  • Feeders, Vibrating
  • Feeders, Wobbler
  • Fillers, Bulk Bag
  • Filters, Belt Filter Press
  • Filters, Disk
  • Filters, Plate and Frame Pressure
  • Filters, Rotary Drum
  • Filters, Tube Press Dewatering
  • First Aid Station
  • Flotation Machines, Column
  • Flotation Machines, Self-Aerating
  • Flotation Machines, Standard
  • Furnaces, Melt
  • Generator Sets, Diesel and Gasoline Powered
  • Generator Sets, Gas Turbine
  • Gold Concentrator, Centrifugal
  • Graders (with ripper/scarifier)
  • Grinders, Drill Bit
  • Grinding Mill Liner Cranes
  • Grinding Mill Rod Chargers
  • Grinding Mills, Rod and Ball
  • Grinding Mills, Roller
  • Grinding Mills, Semi-Autogenous (SAG)
  • Grinding Mills, Vertically Stirred (Tower)
  • Grizzlies, Vibrating
  • Grout Plants
  • Hard Hats
  • Haulage Dispatch System, Computerized
  • Hearing Protectors
  • Heat Exchanger-Shell and Tube Type
  • Heaters, Portable Diesel
  • Heavy Media Vessels
  • Highwall Miner
  • Hoists, Overhead Trolley
  • Hydraulic Mining Systems
  • Impact Hammer, Mobile
  • Impact Hammers, Pedestal Mounted
  • Jigs, Baum
  • Jigs, Bendelari
  • Jigs, Circular (Radial)
  • Jigs, Duplex
  • Jigs, Fine Coal
  • Jigs, Shot Separator
  • Kilns, Direct-fired Rotary Carbon Regeneration
  • Kilns, Indirect-fired Rotary Carbon Regeneration
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Lights, Portable Diesel
  • Lime Slaking Plant
  • Load-Haul-Dump and Coal Scoop Tractors
  • Loaders, Continuous
  • Loaders, Crawler
  • Loaders, Overhead Shovel
  • Loaders, Overhead Shovel Autoloader
  • Loaders, Skid Steer
  • Loaders, Wheel
  • Locomotives
  • Locomotives, Coal, Diesel
  • Locomotives, Diesel
  • Locomotives, Noncoal, Battery
  • Locomotives, Noncoal, Trolley
  • Longwall Mining Systems:
  • Longwall Shield Retrievers
  • Magnetic Separators
  • Mill Drivers, Gearless
  • Mine Hoists
  • Mine Hoists, Rack and Pinion
  • Mixers, Large
  • Mixers, Small
  • Pelletizers, Disk
  • Pelletizers, Drum
  • Placer Gold Washing Units
  • Pug Mill Agglomerators
  • Pumps, Centrifugal Trash
  • Pumps, Fuel
  • Pumps, Metering
  • Pumps, Process, Heavy Duty
  • Pumps, Process, Medium Duty
  • Pumps, Slurry, Heavy Duty
  • Pumps, Slurry, Medium Duty
  • Pumps, Submersible
  • Pumps, Submersible Permissible
  • Pumps, Vertical
  • Pumps, Water Well
  • Rail Car Dumpers
  • Raise Boring Machines
  • Raise Climber
  • Reagent Feeders
  • Reducers, Concentric
  • Reducers, Geared Parallel Shaft
  • Reducers, Screw Conveyor
  • Reducers, Shaft Mounted
  • Reducers, Worm Gear
  • Respirators, Self Rescuer
  • Retorts, Mercury
  • Rock Dusters
  • Roof Bolters
  • Samplers, Automatic Belt
  • Samplers, Automatic Slurry
  • Scaler
  • Scalpers, Coal
  • Scraper Hoists, Electric
  • Scrapers, Coal
  • Scrapers, Elevating
  • Scrapers, Standard
  • Scrapers, Tandem, Push-Pull
  • Scrapers, Towed
  • Screens, Dewatering/Desliming
  • Screens, Trommel
  • Screens, Trommel, Mobile
  • Screens, Vibrating, Horizontal
  • Screens, Vibrating, Inclined, Heavy Duty
  • Screens, Vibrating, Inclined, Scalping
  • Screens, Vibrating, Inclined, Standard
  • Scrubbers, Wet
  • Shaft Cutting Machines
  • Shotcreting Systems
  • Shovels, Cable
  • Shovels, Hydraulic
  • Shuttle Cars
  • Sieves
  • Sluice Boxes
  • Slusher Blocks
  • Slusher Buckets
  • Solution Heaters
  • Spiral Concentrators
  • Stackers, Conveyor
  • Stackers, Portable Conveyor
  • Stretch Wrapping Systems
  • Stretchers
  • Tables, Concentrating
  • Tanks, Bladder
  • Tanks, Cone Roof Storage
  • Tanks, Cyanidation, Steel
  • Tanks, Heavy Duty Cylindrical
  • Tanks, Horizontal Pressure
  • Tanks, Polyethylene
  • Tanks, Steel
  • Tanks, Steel, Fuel
  • Tanks, Steel, Stainless
  • Thickeners
  • Tractors, Crawler (with ripper)
  • Tractors, Off-Highway Hauler
  • Tractors, Wheel
  • Trailers, Bottom-Dump Haulers
  • Trailers, Rear-Dump Haulers
  • Trailers, Rear-Dump Highway Haulers
  • Trailers, Side Tilt
  • Trailers, Utility Tilt-Deck
  • Transporters Crawler
  • Transporters, Wheeled
  • Truck Scales
  • Trucks, 4 Wheel Drive
  • Trucks, Bottom Dump, Coal Haulers, Mechanical
  • Trucks, Bottom Dump, Mechanical
  • Trucks, Flatbed
  • Trucks, Rear Dump, Articulated, Mechanical Drive
  • Trucks, Rear Dump, Highway
  • Trucks, Rear Dump, Rigid Frame
  • Trucks, Service
  • Trucks, Shot Loader
  • Trucks, Underground Ore and Coal Haulers
  • Trucks, Water
  • Tuggers, Air Powered Winches
  • Tunnel Boring Machines
  • Utility Vehicles, Underground:
  • Vacuum Pumps
  • Vacuum Tank, Clean Up
  • Ventilation Equipment Auxiliary Fans
  • Ventilation Equipment, Axial Fans