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600
250
Iron Ore
Thermal Coal
Copper
Aluminium
Nickel
Zinc
500
Iron Ore
Thermal Coal
Copper
Aluminium
Nickel
Zinc
200
400
300
150
200
100
100
50
2000
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2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
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Iron Ore
Thermal Coal
Copper
Aluminium
Nickel
Zinc
2.6%
0.1%
3.5%
7.8%
5.0%
2.3%
2015/2014
-2.0%
0.2%
1.3%
4.0%
0.8%
-0.2%
2016/2015
-1.1%
0.7%
1.1%
4.4%
2.3%
2.1%
CAGR 2000-2015
5.7%
3.9%
2.5%
5.6%
3.5%
2.7%
CAGR 2015-2020
0.7%
0.3%
1.8%
3.6%
3.1%
2.7%
61%
50%
46%
52%
51%
47%
CAGR 2000-2015
13.7%
7.8%
11.8%
16.7%
20.0%
10.7%
CAGR 2015-2020
-0.5%
-2.0%
1.5%
4.3%
1.7%
3.5%
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Cost cutting now widespread, aggressive for bulks and less extensive for base metals
HCC Business Costs reduction, 2015,
By-product revenues
Cash Costs (excluding by-product)
Cash Costs (net of by-product)
World
Currency
US
5,500
2.0
4,400
1.5
3,300
1.0
2,200
0.5
1,100
Energy
Consumables
Sus Capital
China
Other*
Canada
Australia
Russia
0.0
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
0
11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15
Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q3
Note: *Other includes controllable cutting/productivity and reductions from high-cost mine closures
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Chinese Nickel NPI costs have fallen by over 25% and margins were positive until 2016
NPI margins Jan15 - Apr16
Margin, $/tonne
000s tonnes
2,000
600
1,500
500
1,000
400
500
300
200
100
-500
1.5% Jiangsu
1.5% Shandong
-1,000
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US$/tonne
% breakdown
60
100%
Other
50
Other
Directly Controllable
Directly Controllable
80%
40
60%
30
40%
20
10
0
20%
0%
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25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
-5%
Inf rastructure
Real estate
Heavy industry
Light industry
Other
-10%
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50%
7.0
Base Case
Disorderly Transition
17%
Boom
Decline
6.0
40%
5.0
12%
30%
4.0
Base Case
Disorderly Transition
20%
3.0
2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
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Source: CRU
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200
-20
150
-40
100
-60
-80
50
-100
0
China
Juniors
Non-traditional
exporters
-120
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Source: CRU, includes estimates of a lag time lags from announcement to ending of shipments
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Source: CRU, Notes: (1) Over and above announced. (2) Average price in 2016 versus Q4-2015
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Source: CRU
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Director
paul.robinson@crugroup.com
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Rod Cave
Regional Director
Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Tel. +44 20 7903 2251
Mob. +44 7915 476063
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Source: CRU, *2016 annual average price forecast over 2015 annual prices (3rd Jun 2016). Tin forecast ITRI
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