Bank of America
Global Metals, Mining & Steel Virtual Conference
Iván Arriagada | Chief Executive Officer
17th May 2022
Developing mining for a better future
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Past performance cannot be relied on as a guide to future performance.
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Our purpose Developing mining for a better future
CULTURE
Shared values and the way we work
STRATEGY
People
Safety & Sustainability
Competitiveness
PEOPLE
Growth
Innovation
ORGANISATION
Designed to deliver results and growth
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Safety and health
Our top priority
A fatality after
High Potential
Safety performance: Fatalities, HPI and LTIFR
316 | |||||
217 | |||||
86 | 65 | ||||
1.53 | 1.59 | 1.34 | 13 | ||
1.06 | |||||
1.01 | 0.86 | ||||
1 | 1 | ||||
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Q1 |
Fatalities | 2022 | ||||
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)1
33 months
Incidents
High Potential Incidents (HPI)
decreased by 24%
1 LTIFR: the number of lost time injuries per 1 million hours worked
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2022 Performance and guidance
Drought impact continues at Los Pelambres
Copper production
Los Pelambres | Forecast |
Cash costs
+$0.35/lb | 1.75 |
0.10 | $1.55/lb |
164
178
0.14 |
0.11 |
147
99
115
$1.20/lb |
0.66 0.65 0.68 0.66 0.63
H1 21 | H2 21 | Q1 22 | H1 22 | H2 22 |
Throughput (ktpd) Grade (%)
Centinela | Forecast | |||
161 | 165 | 159 | 163 | 164 |
0.60 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.74 |
0.59 | 0.61 | |||
0.44 | 0.48 | 0.51 | ||
H1 21 | H2 21 | Q1 22 | H1 22 | H2 22 |
Throughput (ktpd) | Grade Cathodes (%) |
Grade Concentrate (%) |
Net cash | Lower copper | Lower by- | Higher | Net cash | Net cash |
costs | production | product | input prices | costs | costs |
FY 2021 | production | 2022E | Q1 2022 |
and price
Production
- Guidance for the year is unchanged: 660-690,000 tonnes
- Copper production is expected to increase quarter-on-quarter throughout the year
Net cash costs
- Guidance unchanged at $1.55/lb
Capital expenditure
- Expected to be $1.9 billion, at the top end of the original guided range
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