This is an old gardening myth that just wonât rot away! This common, incorrect, advice goes as follows: if your soil is alkaline (ie has a pH above 7) and you want to make it more acidic, add pine needles to the soil. Since pine needles are acidic they will acidify your soil.
1 According to eHow.com, the price of the asphalt is between $85 and $150 per ton. 2  The cost varies depending on the current price of oil. 3  At Aestone.com, standard mixes of hot mix asphalt cost $52 â $60 per ton. 4  Specialty mixes can cost upwards of $75.
-- Other equipment (bins, loaders, etc.). cost per ton. Regarding total production cost per ton. produced, all producers in the FMI database averaged $17.82 to. produce a ton of hot-mix asphalt in 1995. This average compares. to a total cost per ton to produce of $16.70 in 1994 and $17.12. in 1993.However, lowest cost producers produced hot-mix asphalt. at an average of $14.70/ton in 1995. This represents a 10.4%. jump from $13.32 per ton in 1994.roduce a ton of hot-mix asphalt in 1995. This average compares. to a total cost per ton to produce of $16.70 in 1994 and $17.12. in 1993. However, lowest cost producers produced hot-mix asphalt. at an average of $14.70/ton in 1995. This represents a 10.4%. jump from $13.32 per ton in 1994.