Group
statistics
| 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reef mined |
kt | 4 875.0 | 5 025.1 | 4 837.2 | 4 183.2 | 3 908.5 | ||||||
Stripping ratio |
m3 waste: m3 reef | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 10.7 | 10.6 | ||||||
Reef milled |
kt | 5 105.3 | 4 916.2 | 4 656.3 | 4 400.4 | 3 913.1 | ||||||
PGM flotation feed |
kt | 3 718.1 | 3 599.2 | 3 575.6 | 3 446.2 | 3 060.4 | ||||||
PGM rougher feed grade |
g/t | 1.51 | 1.56 | 1.65 | 1.62 | 1.63 | ||||||
PGM recovery |
% | 84.1 | 79.7 | 69.9 | 65.8 | 48.8 | ||||||
PGM ounces produced |
5PGE + Au koz | 152.2 | 143.6 | 132.6 | 118.0 | 78.2 | ||||||
Average PGM basket price |
US$/oz | 923 | 786 | 736 | 885 | 1 103 | ||||||
Average PGM basket price |
ZAR/oz | 12 038 | 10 492 | 10 881 | 10 593 | 11 622 | ||||||
Cr2O3 ROM grade |
% | 18.2 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 19.4 | ||||||
Chrome recovery |
% | 66.0 | 64.1 | 62.7 | 58.0 | 59.4 | ||||||
Chrome yield |
% | 28.4 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 25.5 | 27.7 | ||||||
Chrome concentrates produced |
kt | 1 448.0 | 1 331.2 | 1 243.7 | 1 122.2 | 1 085.2 | ||||||
Metallurgical grade |
kt | 1 080.3 | 1 008.1 | 974.3 | 1 009.4 | 937.0 | ||||||
Speciality grades |
kt | 367.7 | 323.1 | 269.4 | 112.8 | 148.2 | ||||||
Third-party chrome production |
kt | 221.8 | 20.0 | – | – | – | ||||||
Chrome concentrates sold (including third party) |
kt | 1 644.3 | 1 317.3 | 1 196.2 | 1 124.4 | 978.7 | ||||||
Metallurgical grade chrome concentrate contract price |
US$/t CIF China | 186 | 200 | 120 | 158 | 158 | ||||||
Metallurgical grade chrome concentrate contract price |
ZAR/t CIF China | 2 415 | 2 667 | 1 751 | 1 903 | 1 676 | ||||||
Average exchange rate |
ZAR:US$ | 13.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 10.6 | ||||||
Group revenue |
US$ million | 406.3 | 349.4 | 219.6 | 246.8 | 240.7 | ||||||
Gross profit |
US$ million | 108.5 | 122.7 | 54.5 | 43.1 | 32.6 | ||||||
Net profit/(loss) for the year |
US$ million | 51.0 | 67.7 | 15.8 | 6.0 | (54.9) | ||||||
EBITDA |
US$ million | 101.9 | 115.6 | 43.0 | 29.0 | 16.5 | ||||||
Headline profit/(loss) |
US$ million | 49.1 | 57.8 | 14.3 | 4.7 | (48.9) | ||||||
Headline earnings per share |
US$ cents | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | (20) | ||||||
Gross profit margin |
% | 26.7 | 35.1 | 24.8 | 17.5 | 13.5 | ||||||
Net cash flows from/(used in) operating activities |
US$ million | 89.8 | 75.7 | 22.2 | 41.4 | 22.4 | ||||||
Net debt |
US$ million | 10.6 | (0.1) | 41.4 | 40.7 | 66.5 | ||||||
Capital expenditure |
US$ million | 48.2 | 26.4 | 12.3 | 24.6 | 24.3 | ||||||
On-mine lost-time injury frequency rate* |
0.18 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.14 | |||||||
On-mine employees including contractors |
2 430 | 2 256 | 2 187 | 2 000 | 1 938 | |||||||
Other Group employees |
86 | 75 | 52 | 59 | 66 |
* Per 200 000 man hours worked