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Yield potential through the cycle

Peak, trough and mid-cycle commodity prices

Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

The mining sector remains highly cyclical and spot commodity prices will not prevail. We therefore calculate mining companies’ FCF yields, based on cash generation potential at different points in the cycle at current share prices. We calculate mining companies’ peak, trough and mid-cycle cash generation based on supply-side fundamentals.

The mining sector attracts capital during bull markets, when commodity and asset prices are elevated. New projects are approved based on return expectations that are often based on an optimistic outlook for commodity prices, capital intensity or unit costs. Once built, marginal operations do not shut when returns fail to meet the cost of capital, but only when they become cash-burning. This results in oversupplied commodity industries delivering poor returns for extended periods.

Our peak, trough and mid-cycle commodity prices are therefore based on the following assumptions:

Peak commodity prices – based on incentive prices where we assume that the average producer will achieve a 10% IRR on the average greenfield project.

Trough commodity prices – assume that around 50% of production is cashburning, resulting in capacity closures to balance oversupplied markets. We use a price that is close to industry average cash costs.

Mid-cycle commodity prices – we use our long-term (real) commodity price forecasts, which are based around the 90th percentile of industry cash costs and imply poor average returns below 8% on new projects, presenting capital barriers to supply growth, in our view.

The table and chart below illustrate our peak, trough and mid-cycle iron ore price assumptions and their relation to the 2018E iron ore cost curve as an example of our methodology.

Figure 23: Peak, trough and mid-cycle iron ore price assumptions

 

Trough

Mid-cycle

Peak

Iron ore, $/t

42

65

80

Source: Renaissance Capital estimates

Figure 24: 2018E iron ore cash costs plus sustaining capex, quality adjusted, $/t

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90

Spot price: $85/t*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incentive price: $80/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90th percentile: $63/t

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

52

70th percentile: $47/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

Fortescue,

Average cash cost: $41/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

Rio Tinto, 33

Kumba , 34

BHP, 35

Assmang, 39

50th percentile: $35/t

 

 

20

Vale, 25

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

Source: Bloomberg, CRU, Renaissance Capital estimates (in pink)

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Trough commodity prices – 50% of production cash-burning

Trough commodity prices assume that around 50% of production is cash-burning, resulting in capacity closures to balance oversupplied markets. We use a price that is close to industry average cash costs or around the 50th percentile on the cost curve.

Figure 25: Commodity deck table

 

Trough

Mid-cycle

Peak

3PGM, $/oz*

800

1,127

1,400

Aluminium, $/t

1,900

2,200

3,000

Copper, $/t

4,500

6,700

8,200

Crude oil, $/bl

43

60

80

Gold, $/oz

900

1,250

1,600

Iron ore, $/t

42

60

80

Manganese, $/mtu

4.60

5.20

6.00

Metallurgical coal, $/t

120

150

180

Nickel, $/t

10,000

15,000

17,400

Thermal coal, $/t

65

80

90

Zinc, $/t

2,100

2,800

3,000

Diamonds, $/ct

148

205

260

*3PGM basket price calculated using 57% Pt, 36% Pd, 7% Rh.

Source: Renaissance Capital estimates

Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

Figure 26: 2018E copper cash costs net of by-product credits plus sustaining capex, $/t

9,000

 

 

Incentive price: $8,200/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,000

Spot price: $6,338/t*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/t

5,000

Average cash cost: $4,590/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,669Freeport,

2,936Norilsk,

3,163Copper,Southern

3,385Vale,

3,804Resources,Teck

4,029BHP,

4,427American,Anglo

4,484Glencore,

4,603Tinto,Rio

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90th percentile: $6,017/t

70th percentile: $4,603/t

50th percentile: $4,029/t 6,017Codelco,

*Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

Source: Bloomberg, CRU, Renaissance Capital estimates (in pink)

Figure 27: 2018E aluminium cash costs net of by-product credits plus sustaining capex, $/t

3,500

 

3,000

Incentive price: $3,100/t

 

 

2,500

 

 

 

$/t

2,000

Average cash cost: $1,932/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot price: $1,865/t*

1,935

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

RioTinto, 1,620

Rusal, 1,625

South32,

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

500

*Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

90th percentile: $2,231/t 70th percentile: $2,072/t

50th percentile: $1,939/t

Source: Bloomberg, CRU, Renaissance Capital estimates (in pink)

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Mid-cycle commodity prices – 90th percentile on cost curve

Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

Our mid-cycle commodity prices are based around the 90th percentile of industry cash costs and imply mediocre average returns below 9% on new projects, presenting capital barriers to supply growth, in our view. We also use these as our long-term real commodity price forecasts.

Figure 28: Commodity deck table

 

Trough

Mid-cycle

Peak

3PGM, $/oz*

800

1,127

1,400

Aluminium, $/t

1,900

2,200

3,000

Copper, $/t

4,500

6,700

8,200

Crude oil, $/bl

43

60

80

Gold, $/oz

900

1,250

1,600

Iron ore, $/t

42

60

80

Manganese, $/mtu

4.60

5.20

6.00

Metallurgical coal, $/t

120

150

180

Nickel, $/t

10,000

15,000

17,400

Thermal coal, $/t

65

80

90

Zinc, $/t

2,100

2,800

3,000

Diamonds, $/ct

148

205

260

*3PGM basket price calculated using 57% Pt, 36% Pd, 7% Rh.

Source: Renaissance Capital estimates

Figure 29: 2018E metallurgical coal cash costs net of by-product credits plus sustaining capex, $/t

240

Spot price: $214/t*

200

Incentive price: $180/t

160

$/t

120

Average cash cost: $118/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources,Teck 115

Glencore,123

American,Anglo 125

80

90Mechel,

92BHP,

Evraz,106

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

 

186

90th percentile: $147/t

173

Vale,

70th percentile: $125/t

Severstal,

 

50th percentile: $117/t

 

South32, 143

 

Source: Bloomberg, CRU, Renaissance Capital estimates (in pink)

Figure 30: 2018E thermal coal cash costs net of by-product credits plus sustaining capex, $/t

120

100

Incentive price: $90/t

80Spot price: $74/t* Average cash cost: $68/t

$/t

60

Glencore,60

66

 

40

BHP,

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

0

Note: Coal consists of seaborne supply, including coastal trade in China (i.e. coal that is shipped from northern Chinese ports to southern ports). *Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

 

 

 

90th percentile: $92/t

 

 

82

70th percentile: $72/t

 

 

 

 

African Rainbow Minerals, 72

Exxaro,

50th percentile: $67/t

Anglo American, 67

South32, 84

Source: Bloomberg, CRU, Renaissance Capital estimates (in pink)

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Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

Our mid-cycle commodity price forecasts reflect their historical relationship with industry costs…

Most of our commodity price forecasts are around the 90th percentile of industry cash costs.

The charts below on the left show historical annual average commodity prices compared with the 90th percentile of cost curves over time. The charts on the right show the commodity price premium or discount to the 90th percentile.

Figure 31: Iron ore price vs cash costs at the 90th percentile

Figure 32: Iron ore price premium relative to the 90th percentile

 

180

 

 

Cash costs, $/t

 

 

 

Iron ore average price. $/t

80%

 

52%

 

55%

63%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/t

160

91

100

 

98

108

111

95

70

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

40%

34%

 

9%

 

 

31%

22%

2%

 

 

16%

5%

36%

27%

13%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Historical average, 23%

 

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forecasts

 

20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88

85

78

 

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

66

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 -21%

2016 -16%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018E

2019E

2020E

2021E

LT (real)

-40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2017

2018E

2019E

2020E

2021E

 

 

 

Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates

Figure 33: Copper cash price vs costs at the 90th percentile Figure 34: Copper price premium relative to the 90th percentile

 

 

 

Cash costs, $/t

 

 

 

Copper average price, $/t

 

70%

58%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/t

10,000

4,515

5,440

4,701

5,792

8,8116,323

7,060

7,009

6,254

5,958

5,200

6,1705,587

6,400

6,500

7,025

6,700

60%

28%

10%

30%

39%

13%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forecasts

 

50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-20%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017 2018E

2019E

2020E

2021E

LT (real)

-30%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Historical average, 17%

 

 

 

 

5%

10%

10%

9%

3%

2%

7%

 

 

-7%

-6%

 

 

 

 

 

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018E

2019E

2020E

2021E

Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates

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Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

…and should not incentivise oversupply

Our long-term commodity prices are determined with reference to industry cost support rather than incentive price levels. We use the 90th percentile on cost curves as a reference point for our long-term commodity prices.

Figures 35 and 36 show that at our long-term commodity price and margin forecasts, which are below spot levels in many cases, new greenfield project returns will fall short of WACC, on average.

Our commodity price forecasts over the medium term are well below incentive price levels and could lead to several years of under-investment.

Figure 35: Expected average returns on new greenfield projects

 

Zinc,

Iron ore,

PGMs,

Nickel,

Met coal,

Copper,

Thermal

Gold,

Potash,

Diamonds,

Pigment,

Manganese, Aluminium,

 

$/t

$/t

$/oz

$/t

$/t

$/t

coal, $/t

$/oz

$/t

$/ct

$/t

$/mtu

$/t

Capital intensity*

5,000

170

3,000

45,000

300

20,000

120

3,500

900

550

8,000

7.00

6,000

Long-term prices

2,800

65

1,127

15,000

Average unit cash cost

-1,518

-36

-712

-8,206

Average EBITDA per unit

1,282

29

415

6,794

EBITDA margin

46%

45%

37%

45%

Maintenance capex

-551

-5

-80

-2,000

Tax @ 30%

-219

-7

-100

-1,438

Net profit

511

17

234

3,356

 

 

 

 

 

Annual returns on

 

 

 

 

10.2%

9.9%

7.8%

7.5%

commissioned projects

 

 

 

 

Estimated IRR (construction

8.2%

8.0%

6.3%

6.0%

time and limited life)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implied incentive price

3,000

80

1,400

18,300

@10% IRR

 

 

 

 

*Cost of new greenfield project in dollars per annual production unit.

Figure 36: Expected average IRRs on new greenfield projects

 

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9%

 

8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

return,

7%

 

 

 

6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.0%

5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rate of

6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal

 

 

 

 

 

 

4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0%

 

Zinc

Iron ore

PGMs

Nickel

Met coal

 

 

 

 

 

150

6,700

80

1,250

270

205

3,000

5.20

2,200

-109

-3,488

-63

-667

-150

-142

-2,200

-4.49

-1,712

41

3,212

17

583

120

63

800

0.71

488

27%

48%

22%

47%

44%

31%

0

0.14

22%

-9

-1,102

-5

-227

-36

-16

-240

-0.30

-220

-10

-633

-4

-107

-25

-14

-168

-0.12

-80

22

1,477

9

249

59

33

392

0.29

188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4%

7.4%

7.2%

7.1%

6.5%

6.0%

4.9%

0.04

3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.9%

5.9%

5.8%

5.7%

5.2%

4.8%

3.9%

0.03

2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

180

8,200

90

1,600

350

260

3,900

6.00

3,100

Source Renaissance Capital estimates

WACC, 9%

5.9% 5.8% 5.7%

5.2% 5.2%

4.8%

3.9%

3.3%

2.5%

Copper

Thermal coal

Gold

Potash

Average

Diamonds

Pigment

Manganese

Aluminium

Source: Renaissance Capital estimates

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Peak cycle commodity prices – incentive pricing levels for 10% IRR on average greenfield projects

Our peak commodity prices are based on incentive prices, where we assume that the average producer will achieve a 10% IRR on a greenfield project with average capital intensity (see table on previous page).

Figure 37: Commodity deck table

 

Trough

Mid-cycle

Peak

3PGM, $/oz*

800

1,127

1,400

Aluminium, $/t

1,900

2,200

3,000

Copper, $/t

4,500

6,700

8,200

Crude Oil, $/bl

43

60

80

Gold, $/oz

900

1,250

1,600

Iron ore, $/t

42

60

80

Manganese, $/mtu

4.60

5.20

6.00

Metallurgical coal, $/t

120

150

180

Nickel, $/t

10,000

15,000

17,400

Thermal coal, $/t

65

80

90

Zinc, $/t

2,100

2,800

3,000

Diamonds, $/ct

148

205

260

*3PGM basket price calculated using 57% Pt, 36% Pd, 7% Rh.

Source: Renaissance Capital estimates

Figure 38: 2017 zinc cash cost plus sustaining capex, $/t

3,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

Incentive price: $3,000/t

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot price: $2,920/t*

 

 

 

 

Nyrstar,2,805

2,500

 

 

 

 

 

(SCCO),unitIMMSAMexican2,430 (TECK),MineTrail2,541 (TECK),MineOreillePend2,616

 

Average cash cost: $2,116/t

1,253(Vedanta),Hindustan

1,705(TECK),MineDogRed

2,039(GLEN),Australia

2,000

828Boliden,

North

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/t

 

1,011

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

(GLEN),

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,079

 

 

 

 

 

500

 

Griffin,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019,

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 39: 2017 gold all-in sustaining costs net of by-products, $/oz

 

 

 

1,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incentive price: $1,600/oz

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spot price: $1,315/oz*

 

 

 

 

 

1,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$/oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

900

Average all-in sustaining costs: $894/oz

 

 

 

Fields, 944

 

 

 

 

 

 

700

614

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polyus,

 

 

 

 

 

Gold

500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Priced as at market close on 26 March 2019.

Renaissance Capital

1 April 2019

Metals & Mining

90th percentile: $3,017/t

Estimated top, 3,318

Noranda, 2,864 Manitoba, 2,889

Votorantim, 3,017

Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates

90th percentile: $1,064/oz

Sibanye, 1,129

Harmony,1195

AngloGold, 1,055

Source: Bloomberg, Renaissance Capital estimates

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