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Glencore continues coal acquisition spree in $1.7 billion deal with Rio Tinto
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Report summary
Glencore announced it had agreed to purchase Rio Tinto's 82% interest in the Hail Creek coal mine and 71.2% interest in the Valeria thermal coal project in Queensland for US$1.7 billion in cash. Assuming a zero valuation for the Valeria project, we estimate the deal was struck at a 41% premium to our valuation of Hail Creek. We estimate consideration payable results in a deal-implied long-term real 2018$ benchmark export hard coking coal and thermal coal prices of US$146/tonne (FOB Qld) and US$83/tonne (FOB Newcastle) respectively.
Table of contents
- Overview
- Deal summary
- Hail Creek
- Valeria
- Deal Analysis
- Strategic rationale, upside and risks
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Deal summaryLocation mapMarketable reserves (as at 1 July 2018)
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Hail Creek coal export sales by coal type and destination FY17 (million tonnes)Metallurgical coal sales share FY17 (%)Thermal coal sales share FY17 (%)Summary valuationValuation metricsEconomic assumptionsDeal implied prices move higher on recovery in metallurgical coal pricesThermal deal implied prices also moving higherGlencore Australian pro-forma production profile - metallurgical coal
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