Thungela planning R3.9bn capex in South Africa
Thungela Resources active in Mpumalanga.
Thungela CFO Deon Smith.
Thungela Resources active in Mpumalanga.
Thungela CFO Deon Smith.
-listed Thungela Resources is poised to spend R3.9-billion worth of capital in South Africa going forward.
An estimated R1.3-billion of this capital expenditure (capex) is scheduled to be spent in the next six months and a further R800-million in the final six months of the company’s financial year to end June 2025.
Of the initial R1.3-billion, R800-million is expansionary capex for the Elders and Zibulo North Shaft projects, and R500-million is stay-in-business capex.
The remaining R1.8-billion will be spent to complete life extension projects at Elders Colliery, near Bethal, and the Zibulo Colliery, near Ogies. Both Mpumalanga-located projects are on schedule and within budget.
“These investments secure the future of our South African operations,” Thungela CFO Deon Smith outlined in a statement.
The full transitioning of Thungela’s South African coal marketing activities from Anglo American Marketing was scheduled for completion on July 1. In addition, the team, based at Thungela Marketing International in Dubai, markets coal from the acquired Ensham mine in Australia.
In the first six months of this year, South Africa’s Richards Bay benchmark coal price averaged an 18%-lower $99.71/t. Moreover, discount to the Richards Bay price is 1% higher than last year’s 14%.
Export saleable production from South African operations in the six months to the end of this year is expected to be 6.2- million tonnes, which, on an annualised basis, remains within the guidance range of up to 12.5-million tonnes.
Free-on-board cost per export tonne excluding royalties for the South African operations for the first half of the financial year is expected to be at the lower end of the guidance range of R1 170/t to R1 290/t.
Should Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) performance remain at the expected 46- million tonnes on an annualised industry basis, Thungela expects on-mine inventory to increase 1.1-million tonnes to the end of the year.
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