First Quarter Production Report 2023

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Glencore PLC

21 April 2023

 

NEWS RELEASE

Baar, 21 April 2023

First Quarter Production Report 2023

Glencore Chief Executive Officer, Gary Nagle:

"First quarter production was broadly in line with our expectations, accounting for portfolio changes and operational conditions, including the disposals / closures of some zinc and lead mines in the Americas during 2022. Full year production guidance is unchanged from that presented at Glencore's investor presentation in December 2022.

"Our Marketing segment continued to perform well through Q1 2023, particularly within energy products, such that extrapolating Q1's Marketing Adjusted EBIT has us, once again, on track to exceed the top end of our $2.2-3.2 billion p.a. long-term guidance range."

Production from own sources - Total¹

		Q1 2023	Q1 2022	Change %
Copper	kt	244.1	257.8	(5)
Cobalt	kt	10.5	9.7	8
Zinc	kt	205.3	241.5	(15)
Lead	kt	39.3	46.8	(16)
Nickel	kt	20.9	30.7	(32)
Gold	koz	187	189	(1)
Silver	koz	4,525	6,515	(31)
Ferrochrome	kt	400	387	3
Coal	mt	26.9	28.5	(6)

1. Controlled industrial assets and joint ventures only (excludes Volcan). Production is on a 100% basis, except as stated later in this report.

Q1 production highlights

•Own sourced copper production of 244,100 tonnes was 13,700 tonnes (5%) lower than Q1 2022, largely due to planned lower grades in line with the phasing of the pit at Collahuasi and delays associated with adverse weather conditions at Antamina.

•Own sourced zinc production of 205,300 tonnes was 36,200 tonnes (15%) lower than Q1 2022, reflecting the disposal of South American zinc operations (14,400 tonnes) and the closure of Matagami (8,900 tonnes) in 2022, temporary suspension of operations due to wet weather at Antamina (5,900 tonnes) and McArthur River temporarily processing lower-grade feedstocks in accordance with its mine plan (4,700 tonnes).

•Own sourced nickel production of 20,900 tonnes was 9,800 tonnes (32%) lower than Q1 2022, primarily reflecting INO prioritising third party feed.

•Attributable ferrochrome production of 400,000 tonnes was 13,000 tonnes (3%) above Q1 2022.

•Coal production of 26.9 million tonnes was 1.6 million tonnes (6%) lower than Q1 2022, mainly reflecting the short-term impact of a community blockade at Cerrejón and mining around geological anomalies in South Africa.

Production guidance

					Actual   FY	Previous guidance	Current guidance		2023 weighting
					2022	2023	2023		H1		H2
Copper	kt				1,058	1,040 ± 30	1,040 ± 30		48%		52%
Cobalt	kt				43.8	38 ± 5	38 ± 5		51%		49%
Zinc	kt				939	950 ± 30	950 ± 30	1	45%		55%
Nickel	kt				108	112 ± 5	112 ± 5		45%		55%
Ferrochrome	kt				1,488	1,310 ± 30	1,310 ± 30		54%		46%
Coal	mt				110	110 ± 5	110 ± 5		49%		51%

1 Excludes Volcan

Production guidance is unchanged from that presented in Glencore's December 2022 investor update.

Other highlights

•The full acquisition of CEZ zinc refinery in Canada completed in March 2023; prior Glencore ownership was 25%.

•The Newlands coal mine in Queensland ceased production in February 2023. The Liddell coal mine (NSW) is scheduled to cease production later in 2023.

•Our Marketing segment continued to perform well through Q1 2023, particularly within energy products, such that extrapolating Q1's Marketing Adjusted EBIT has us, once again, on track to exceed the top end of our $2.2-3.2 billion p.a. long-term guidance range.

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