Thank you for the clarifications. That makes this a little easier to look at.

Let's look at your existing volume and figure that 95% is ferrous. I'm not going to look at the non-ferrous that you may be able to recover. We will just say that is gravy. Let's take an average of a ton and a half an hour and assume you are open 9 nine hours a day. 1.5 tons / hour times 9 hours x 95% ferrous recovery = 12.825 tons = 25650 pounds. 26650 pounds time 0.018 cents / pound increase = $461.70 a day above current

Let's look at the high end of your existing volume (2 tons per hour) = $615.60 a day above current

Let's look at the high end of the plant's capacity (3 tons per hour) = $923.40 a day above current

Has your friend given you any idea how many additional employees you are going to need to run this? What about electricity or fuel usage?