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Market volatility, what rocks the boat for smelters?
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Report summary
Review of the potential impact of recent volatility in the energy, financial and metals markets on the conversion costs of copper and zinc smelters. Volatility in the metals markets has resulted in sizeable changes in metals prices and movements of this magnitude have a material impact on the revenues generated by copper and zinc smelters.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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Profitability elements in smelter economics
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Conversion costs
- Energy costs
- Exchange rates
- Revenue
- Logistics costs
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Conversion costs
- Conclusions
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Copper smelters: effects over costsCopper smelters: effects over revenueZinc smelters: effects over costs
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Zinc smelters: effects over revenueCopper smelter cost breakdown, 2014Zinc smelter cost breakdown, 2014Copper smelter revenue breakdown, 2014Zinc smelter revenue breakdown, 2014Market volatility, what rocks the boat for smelters?: Table 1Copper smelters revenue scenarios>Zinc smelters revenue scenariosCopper smelter energy breakdown, 2014
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