Commodity Prices13 Jan 2026 13:45
Here's the latest chart showing copper and cobalt prices as of yesterday:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tlcbhgrnj5yxbpfd4ln8h/Commodity-Prices.jpg?rlkey=7vx9nc4syt0zd6rl6xmszzngy&dl=0
I was just having a look back at what the copper cost / tonne was in the previous year.
For H1FY25:
Tonnes sold: 1,336
Revenue / tonne : US$6,191
Cost / tonne: US$5,948
For full year FY25:
Tonnes sold: 2,045
Revenue / tonne : US$7,421
Cost / tonne: US$7,776
So what are we expecting for H1FY26?
Best guess for copper tonnes produced is somewhere around 2,100 tonnes (assuming Roan has been running at 30,000 tpm throughput) which although nothing to shout about is still a step up from last year. How much of that copper produced is sold during the period? That's anyones guess, which will obviously have an impact on cost / tonne sold.
The big upside should be the much higher percentage of copper produced going on to make cathode rather than sulphide concentrate. That feeds through to the revenue / tonne which (based on 85% oxides) would be somewhere closer to US$10,000 tonne. Part of that is obviously due to a much higher copper price in H1 than the previous period.