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The real Tier-1 copper mines
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Report summary
Real Tier-1 mines need to be low cost, large and long life; and as such, they are relatively rare. We have examined which copper mines plot in our 'Tier-1 quadrant' – bottom half of the cost curve and greater than twice average production size. Twenty two mines fall in the quadrant based on 2016 cost and production estimates; only 9% of the global dataset. Filtering this group to those operations with an overall copper resource of more than twice the global average brings the number down to a select group of just 15.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Tier-1 definition – low cost, large, long life
- Resource size is also key
- Path to ownership
- Conclusion
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Chart 1: All copper mines 2016Chart 2: Tier-1 quadrant copper mines 2016Chart 3: Large resource Tier-1 mines
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Table: Large resource Tier-1 minesChart 4: All copper mines 2016 with relative resource ratioAppendix: 2016 Tier -1 copper mine ownership
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