RE: Great update, BUT running on fumes28 Dec 2023 08:29
The update seems to have been well received, personally I thought it included quite a lot of "gloss" on the China situation and future forecast demand. TBH was a tad disappointed as I'd expected the production to have ramped up since the last update, but it's clear at least that's mainly hampered by them not having sorted the debt finance out yet. Given the operating margin is £163/mt we need to get to those production volumes in order to make a profit, so it's a bit chicken and egg.
Only other thing I didn't like is the gain they've booked for the Suni purchase, I'm sure the auditors will be looking at that with interest and if we do have to strip it out or amend it that'll go down like a lead balloon.
Sorry sounds a bit negative but I think we've discussed the positive/fundamentals at length already. All in all a bit of a holding update for me, fingers crossed they achieve good terms on the debt finance and this time next year Rodders...