High copper prices help Canada's Teck beat profit views
Canadian miner Teck Resources reported a better-than expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by higher prices for copper and steelmaking coal.
Demand for copper and coal has risen as global economies recover further from pandemic lows. Copper prices rose 25% in 2021, also boosted by tight supplies, falling inventories and a pick-up in electric vehicle sales, while coal prices hit record a high in the final quarter of last year.
Teck said its average price realized for copper rose about 35% year-on-year in the fourth quarter, while production fell 7% to 72 600 t, hurt by lower output from its Carmen de Andacollo mine as a result of lower ore grades. Realized steelmaking coal prices more than tripled to $351/t.
Copper production for 2022 is expected at 273 000 t to 290 000 t, compared with 287 000 t last year. Steelmaking coal sales are seen between 6.1-million tonnes and 6.5-million tonnes for the first quarter, compared with 6.2-million tonnes in the same period of 2020.
The miner is exploring options for its metallurgical coal business, including a sale or spinoff that could value the unit at as much as $8-billion, according to media reports.
The company's adjusted quarterly profit of C$2.54 a share topped analysts' estimate of C$2.39 a share, according to Refinitiv IBES.
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