The Philippine Copper

Industry Roadmap
Overview
• Macroeconomic fundamentals
• Market and policy trends and opportunities
• forthcoming national elections
• manufacturing resurgence program
• climate policy
• The Copper Industry Roadmap
• objectives
• status
• benefits to copper promotion and use
Strong macroeconomic fundamentals
• Stable GDP growth (5% average for
the past 10 yrs)
• Stable Inflation rate (4.3% average
for the past 10 yrs)
• Population: 102M (2015 est.); 65%
are labor force
• Electrification rate: 87.5% (World
Bank, 2012)
• Increased spending on
infrastructure (now 5% of GDP)
• Index:
• Global Competitiveness Index: 47/140
Market and policy trends and
opportunities
Forthcoming national elections—good for
copper!
Manufacturing Resurgence Program—the
industry roadmaps
Mainstreaming climate policy—opportunities
for energy efficiency and UGC
The Copper Industry Roadmap
Prevailing conditions

IMPORT COPPER
CONCENTRATE RODS CABLES AND

S S 95-100%
IMPORTED
IMPORTS WIRES
IMPORTS
PROD’N
LOCAL

COPPER AUTO WIRE

COPPER MINING SMELTING
CASTING
(RODS), WIRES HARNESSES;
(CONCENTRATE /REFINING FOILS
S) (CATHODES)
& CABLES
EXPORT

95-100% 95-100% FOR

S

EXPORTED EXPORTED EXPORT

A FRAGMENTED INDUSTRY
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What the Roadmap seeks to achieve

IMPORT
S AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRY OTHER
COPPER
Healthy balance of exports and imports in each PRODUCT
part of an integrated supply chain IMPORTS
PROD’N
LOCAL

COPPER CASTING AUTO WIRE MANUFACTURIN

COPPER MINING HARNESSES;
SMELTING (RODS), WIRES G, ELECTRIC
(CONCENTRATES WIRES/CABLE
(CATHODES) MOTOR,
) S, ETC.
& CABLES AUTOMOTIVE
EXPORT

≤ 50% 50% - 90% FOR FOR

S

EXPORTED EXPORTED EXPORT EXPORT

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Vision, goals and targets
●
PHL to have a fully integrated copper industry
from mining to manufacturing at the end of
Vision 2030

Goals ●
Establishment/development of world-class copper mines
●
Establishment of an ecological industrial zone in Leyte
●
Development of the downstream industries and enhancement of the
copper industry value chain

Targets
●
Establishment of basic manufacturing facilities to target inward industrial growth
potential
●
Increase in local manufactures
●
Increase in export of copper products
●
Increased contribution to the GDP

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Economic contribution
2011 (date of roadmap completion) Target
Share to GDP 0.2% 2% in 2030
Exports Volume: 4,845,600 MT Increase in export of copper
Value : US$ 172 million (FOB products by 15% from 2015-
excluding copper concentrates and 2030 or US$2.45 billion by 2030
cathodes)
Products exported:
• Copper concentrates
• Refined copper
• Copper wire
• Copper foils
• Tubes, pipes and fittings

2010
Employment Insulated wires and cables : 6,768*
Copper Mines : 6,723*
Copper smelter : 1,500
TOTAL : 14,991
(*Source: 2010 ASPBI issued on 2013)
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Roadmap Status Updates
• Conducted stakeholder meetings
with the following:
• Government (DTI-BOI, PEZA, NDC,
DOLE, LGU)
• Non-Government (upstream and
downstream copper companies,
ICASEA, UNIDO/UNOPS, IFC,
Bantay-Kita, academe)
• Copper Roadmap initiatives
endorsed by Industry
Development Council
• Ecological Industrial Park
concept approved and endorsed
by Region VIII RDC
Thank you!