
Refineries Cost
Insight into operating costs, allowing comparative analysis and forecasting.
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Introduction
Our Refineries and Smelters Cost Services are essential sources of information for metals producers and consumers, banks, organisations considering the construction or acquisition of metals smelters or refineries, industry contractors and governments of countries hosting metals production sites.
Subscribers have access to detailed cost analysis of all the world’s major refinery and smelter operations, representing over 90% of global metals output. In addition to the regular reports, tools and models delivered through Wood Mackenzie’s portal, subscribers have access to event driven Informs, topical Insights and to analyst.
Refineries Cost

Copper Refineries Cost
- Smelter/Refinery-level asset report updated on a rolling annual basis
- Includes technical details such as: process flow sheet, feed preparation, and our forecasts for costs, production and anode allocation out to 2040.
- Online tool showcasing our view of the copper smelters and refineries globally on a cost curve, which can be used to view smelters and refineries by asset, company, or country.
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Zinc Refineries Cost
- Smelter-level asset reports updated on a rolling annual basis.
- Includes technical details such as: process flow sheet, feed preparation, and our forecast for costs, production, and anode allocation.
- Online tool showcasing our view of the zinc smelters globally on a cost curve, which can be used to showcase smelters and refineries by asset, company, or country.
View our Zinc Research Suite here

Aluminum Refineries Cost
- Smelter-level asset reports updated on a rolling annual basis. Include technical details such as: the raw material source, process overview (covering details on the potline and power source), and our forecast for costs, production, and product manufactured from the cast house.
- Online tool showcasing our view of the aluminum smelters globally on a cost curve, which can be accessed by asset, company, or country.
- Detailed data on global and asset-level cost drivers for aluminium smelters.
View our Aluminum Research Suite here

Non-Metallurgical Bauxite & Alumina Refineries Cost
- Analysis of main demand, supply, trade, and price trends with forecasts to 2029.
- Coverage of producers throughout the value chain from raw material bauxite to calcined products and downstream aluminas including activated, tabular, fused and high purity.
- Detailed review of the major end uses and their specifications.
View our Non-metallurgical bauxite & alumina Refineries here
Bespoke consulting advice
Shifting demand brings significant challenges to the metals and mining industries. Governments, banks, fund managers, commodity traders and mineral processors want to know where the greatest value can be found. Our expert metals and mining consultants can advise on numerous questions and strategies.

Chris Heath, Vice President, Metals and Mining Consulting
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