Отправлено 27 February 2014 - 15:00
2/27/2014 2:43 AM ET
Miner Kazakhmys Plc. (KAZ.L), the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan, reported Thursday that its fiscal 2013 loss before tax from continuing operations was $681 million, compared to prior year's profit of $151 million.
Including significant losses from discontinues operations related to the disposal of non-core assets, the company's loss attributable to equity holders was $2.03 billion, compared to last year's loss of $2.27 billion. Loss per share was $3.96, compared to last year's loss of $4.33.
In the year, underlying profit was $190 million or $0.37 per share, compared to last year's $492 million or $0.94 per share.
The company's segmental EBITDA, excluding special items, was $873 million, lower than the prior year's $1.36 billion.
Group revenues declined to $3.099 billion from last year's $3.353 billion, impacted by lower metals prices but benefiting from sale of additional copper material, the company noted.
Mining revenue declined by 9 percent to $3.058 billion, due to lower metals prices, partly offset by higher copper sales volumes.
In 2013, copper in concentrate production increased by 10.9 kt in 2013 to 314.6 kt. The company produced 294 kt of copper cathode equivalent from own material, higher than last year's 292.2 kt.
Looking ahead, copper production in 2014 will be in line with the guidance for 2013, or between 285 and 295 kt. Zinc and silver output will decline to around 120 kt and 11,000 koz, respectively. Gold will increase to 125 koz, assisted by the commissioning of Bozymchak.
Oleg Novachuk, Chief Executive, said, "Tight operational control resulted in production, sales volumes and costs all being ahead of target, greatly assisting cash flow, which will remain a key focus in 2014. We continue to seek further operational improvement and are also considering a possible broader restructuring which would create a better positioned and more cash generative group, moving us towards our objective of output dominated by large scale, low cost, open pit mines."