Quarterly Report December 2020
• Achieved record year to date production at Worsley Alumina with output above nameplate capacity as the refinery benefitted from on-going improvement initiatives.
• Set a year to date production record at Brazil Alumina as the refinery continued to achieve high levels of plant availability, despite planned maintenance.
• Delivered another record for year to date ore production at Australia Manganese as the performance of our high-grade circuit improved.
• Increased production at Illawarra Metallurgical Coal by 11% in the December 2020 half year as the operation continued to benefit from the return to a three longwall configuration.
• Increased FY21 production guidance at Cannington by 5% with underground performance supporting the accelerated extraction of a higher-grade mining sequence.
• Approved an early development timetable for the low capital, higher-grade Q&P project at Cerro Matoso, increasing FY21 and FY22 production guidance by 3% and 13% respectively.
• Determined not to proceed with development of the Eagle Downs Metallurgical Coal project, with the project placed on hold while we assess options for our joint venture interest.
• Entered into a binding agreement to sell a portfolio of non-core minerals royalties to Elemental Royalties Corp.
• Progressed the sale of South Africa Energy Coal during the quarter, receiving approval from the Competition Tribunal of South Africa and advancing discussions with Eskom to meet the material outstanding conditions.
• Following the end of the quarter, completed the sale of GEMCO’s shareholding in the TEMCO manganese alloy smelter.
DISC : I hold