Our commodities

Materials that matter

Our primary product is copper, a material that is vital to society both today and in the future.

We also have access to significant deposits of nickel, our secondary product. As part of our processing operations, we also realize value from a wide range of other metals including gold, zinc and cobalt.

US$39bn
value of global nickel market in 2024
US$333bn
value of global copper market in 2024

Meeting exponential demand

Among recent reports and studies, S&P Global Market Intelligence projects that copper demand could outpace supply by around 50 million tonnes (“Mt”) per year by 2035. For perspective, this is twice as much copper as humankind used over the period 1900-2022 as the industrial revolution intensified and spread.

We extract materials that are vital to society

Versatile and valuable

Nickel has a host of useful properties that make it fantastic for various industrial, technological and everyday applications. From its corrosion resistance, magnetic properties, ability to be alloyed and catalytic properties it is used in industries as diverse as clean energy, industrial steel creation and healthcare.

Realizing each operation’s full potential

Some of our operations also contain other valuable materials. In order to ensure that we extract the full value from each of our operations, we produce these metals wherever possible. Amongst these additional materials are gold, zinc and cobalt.

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