RE: Cobre major client5 Sep 2018 14:17
The magnetite isn't going anywhere, the major client clearly wants to retain access to the magnetite and prevent us from looking for other customers or they wouldn't have agreed to pay a non-refundable deposit. We are still receiving cash while we wait for the environmental issues to be sorted out and if they aren't resolved by December I suspect one of two things will happen:
1. We'll start looking for a new client
2. We *may* discuss extending the current suspension with, I would imagine, different terms.
We have until March 2019 on the current temporary amendment and lets not forget the underlying contract with the client has a requirement to purchase a further circa 360,000 tons with penalties for termination of the contract.
Presumably when the timescales were set they were done so on the basis that the environmental issues the client was facing would be resolved within the timescales.
I think given PW's flagging us as his top riser worrying about Cobre is understandable but unnecessary IMO.
GLA