Costs5 Jul 2018 12:27
Hi All,
Any one have an idea of what the production costs will look like within higher volume? Sales costs as a % will remain relatively fixed, so with regards to production costs, there's bound to be an element of fixed cost which will remain regardless of the ramp up to 400 T/month so i'm wondering what these would look like as at the moment we're quite far from revenue being higher than cost despite the high basket prices?
Thanks...
Production costs
Production costs (including Burundi support costs) of US$2,068 per tonne of concentrate produced were relatively high, as expected, and will reduce significantly as production rates increase and the element of fixed costs is spread over larger tonnages.
Sales costs
Sales costs in the period amount to US$646 per tonne of concentrate sold. These consisted of transport and shipment costs, the 3.5% marketing and handling fee payable to thyssenkrupp Raw Materials ('TK'), and government royalties of 4%.
Realised Sales Price
The average realised sales price was US$2,357 per tonne during the period, based on 125 tonnes of concentrate sold. Rainbow sells its concentrate to TK at port in Africa (currently Mombasa), and TK concluded sales with two separate end customers in the quarter.