Taganito - Cobalt mine

Capital costs for the Taganito nickel-cobalt mine and plant have been estimated by the company at US$1.3Bn. The majority of the cost will be used to construct the HPAL plant and the associated infrastructure. The plant requires acid which will be transported from Japan. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.