Glencore Cuts 2022 Guidance for Copper, Cobalt, Zinc -- Update
April 28 2022 - 3:36AM
Dow Jones News
By Jaime Llinares Taboada
Glencore PLC on Thursday cut 2022 production guidance for
copper, cobalt and zinc, and raised it for nickel and
ferrochrome.
The commodity mining and trading giant reduced copper guidance
by 3% to around 1.11 million metric tons, and cobalt by 6% to
45,000 tons, because of temporary geotechnical constraints at the
Katanga mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And, due to a
slower than expected ramp-up at the Zhairem project in Kazakhstan,
the 2022 outlook for zinc production was dwarfed by 9% to 1.01
million tons.
Conversely, nickel guidance has been raised by 3% to 118,000
tons, and ferrochrome by 3% to 1.50 million tons, reflecting
first-quarter performance. Coal guidance was unchanged at 121
million tons, the company said.
In addition, Chief Executive Gary Nagle said its first-quarter
marketing segment performance would see that division's 2022
earnings comfortably exceeding the long-term guidance range of $2.2
billion to $3.2 billion adjusted earnings before interest and
tax.
In the first quarter, Glencore reported that its copper
production fell 14% on year to 257,800 tons, and cobalt jumped 43%
to 9,700 tons. Zinc dropped 15% to 241,500 tons and lead was also
15% lower at 46,800 tons. Nickel rose 22% to 30,700 tons, and
ferrochrome slipped 3% to 387,000 tons.
Gold and silver production fell 16% to 189,000 ounces and 6.5
million ounces, respectively. Coal output rose 16% to 28.5 million
tons, and oil increased 40% to 1.50 million oil-equivalent barrels,
the company said.
"Production in Q1 2022 reflects a number of temporary impacts,
including geotechnical challenges at Katanga and Covid-19
absenteeism, particularly in Australia," Mr. Nagle said.
Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com;
@JaimeLlinaresT
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