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MAGONTEC LIMITED — AGM Information 2014
May 27, 2014
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John!Talbot! Company!Secretary!
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2014 AGM Executive Chairman’s address
Ladies & Gentlemen
Before we move to the formal business of the Annual General Meeting I would like to make a brief presentation.
I do not plan to go into any great detail on the financial results for the year ended 31 December 2013.
This was covered in an extensive summary in the Annual Report and updated again at the end of the first quarter in a report published on 24[th] April.
Today I will give an overview of the company and its activities, offer a snapshot of our European, Asian and Group financial progress in the four months to 31 April 2014, and discuss in some detail the Qinghai Project and its implications for growth and profitability in the years ahead.
Slide 2
Magontec is a company that has continued to evolve quickly. Over the last 12 months the company has restructured its balance sheet and many of its underlying operations. Today Magontec has a turnover of over A$130 million, net debt is now just 24% of net equity, down from over 100% at the same time last year, and earnings before interest and tax a more comfortable 3.4 times interest costs.
Following the Rights Issue and option exercise Magontec now has 1,115 million ordinary shares on issue and a market capitalisation of over A$33 million.
Finally, Magontec has a very strong and committed group of major investors. Our four substantial shareholders are all long-term investors and very optimistic for the Group’s prospects.
Slide 3
Around the world 2013 was a year of considerable progress at Magontec facilities. In Bottrop in Germany we continue to aggressively address
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processing costs. By the 3[rd] quarter of 2014 this plant will be one of the most efficient and competitive in Europe.
Xi’an is now a specialist alloy production unit with one alloy furnace and we have relocated our Chinese anode manufacturing operations to this site.
Over the coming months we will begin to install a greater level of automation in this anode manufacturing business with a view to improving competitiveness and profitability.
Our recycling plant in Suzhou has operated at close to full capacity through the last 18 months although magnesium usage in mobile phones and computers, the main source of scrap for this business, is continually under threat from aluminium.
Magontec’s major primary alloy manufacturing operation takes place in a factory in Shanxi Province that is rented.
This facility has been particularly challenging over the last 12 months although, through the strenuous efforts of our Chinese team, we expect to deliver an improved performance as the year progresses.
Magontec’s newest facility, at Santana in Romania, has performed particularly well. The alloy recycling plant is at full capacity and the magnesium anode operation, relocated from Germany last year, is now at full production and operating profitably.
Magontec now has global magnesium alloy manufacturing capacity of 61,000 mtpa, although actual production is closer to 40,000 mtpa.
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This slide discusses some of the corporate and other actions that management have achieved in the period since the company acquired Varomet Holdings.
In 2011 Magontec acquired from Straits Mine Management the assets that comprise the business as it stands today and set about the task of executing a strategy to deliver a world leading magnesium alloy and anode manufacturing business.
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In the intervening 3 years a lot of progress has been made.
In 2012 Magontec signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Qinghai Salt Lake Industries Co Ltd and brought that company on board as a major shareholder and cornerstone investor in an $11m Rights Issue.
A new recycling plant commenced production in Romania and is now at full capacity and consistently profitable. In China Magontec’s primary magnesium alloy manufacturing operations were shifted from an older factory at Xian to a larger and more cost effective location in Shanxi Province.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2013 the process of strengthening the balance sheet has continued and our Board has also been strengthen through the addition of two experienced Non-Executive Directors, Robert Kaye SC and Andre Labuschagne
In Romania production of magnesium anodes has commenced and our European anode business is now consistently profitable after a period in which it struggled to compete.
This year-to-date we have completed a major capital raising undertaken to finance the new project in Qinghai, we have completed the restructuring of the balance sheet - bringing debt down to a more modest level - and, following the completion of the agreements between Magontec and QSLM, we have commenced the process of ordering equipment for installation in the magnesium alloy cast house that is currently under construction in Qinghai.
Together these actions provide a solid base for Magontec to grow over the coming years.
Slide 5
I now want to move to an overview of the last three quarters of trading activity and operational performance.
As you know our business is divided into two divisions, Asia (principally China but with sales into Japan, Taiwan and Thailand), and Europe (which also covers the Middle East and North America).
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As we have discussed in previous reports, movements in foreign exchange significantly impact our business. In this analysis we have excluded all unrealised foreign exchange effects and all inter company sales and included all one-off costs.
Our Asian business has struggled to make headway in a market where new supply and aggressive pricing continues to undercut our ability to compete in the export market.
China is our source of primary magnesium alloy and the home of our largest production units. To stay in this business Magontec needs a response to this challenge. The new project in Qinghai is that response and will address the critical pricing issues surrounding this business.
Our Chinese anode business also operates in a very price competitive market and requires constant efficiency improvements to maintain its market share. In a similar vein to the changes that we introduced in Europe, we will introduce process changes and automation to improve productivity and reduce costs in China.
In Europe sales performance shows the impact of declining volumes from our Chinese factories as competitors sell alloys at prices that would be unprofitable for Magontec.
The dip in performance in the 4[th] quarter of 2013 reflects the final costs of the transfer from Germany to Romania of the anodes business. However the European business is slowly gathering momentum following an 18-month period of restructuring.
Both magnesium alloys and anodes are operating profitably in Romania. The magnesium alloy furnace is running at full production and there is now sufficient demand to justify a second furnace at this location.
In Germany Magontec’s magnesium recycling business receives scrap from European die casters. While the volume of primary alloy from Magontec has declined, the total industry volumes into Europe have remained steady and our Bottrop facility remains one of the most competitive in northern Europe.
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Looking at overall performance we see the weakness in the 4[th] quarter last year being reversed through the first quarter in 2014.
As at the end of March 2014 the Group result, including Head Office costs, showed only a modest improvement over the same period last year, masking diverging fortunes on the ground in Asia and Europe.
These include recovering European recycling margins driven by improved efficiencies at plant level, the restoration of profitability in our magnesium anode business following the shift to Romania and continually improving economics in the Romanian recycling business as volumes grow.
Looking forward we see further gains in European recycling margins driven by capex planned for the August shutdown and growing specialist alloy sales into Europe and N America.
Other than relocation costs incurred in the 4[th] quarter of 2013, group profitability continues to suffer from aggressive pricing in export markets from China. Elsewhere extensive refurbishment costs at Magontec’s primary alloy production unit has also constrained profitability.
Prior to Magontec’s move to Qinghai it is the business of management to maintain market share without incurring losses while improving overall profitability. As much as we can we are also preparing for the significant increase in volume that will become available to Magontec in the future.
When Qinghai comes on stream our principal primary magnesium alloy business will have very different underlying economics.
This will flow through to current activities in magnesium, particularly in export markets and recycling, and open up new opportunities for us in other downstream activities in addition to magnesium anode manufacturing.
Slide 7
I now want to turn to the Qinghai Project and the agreements we have recently concluded with Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium Co Ltd.
These agreements now represent a major asset of the company and are the basis of Magontec’s relationship with QSLM over the next 20 years.
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They are the most important agreements in the history of this company and, subject to execution, will deliver an excellent return to shareholders in the years ahead.
The agreements comprise
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An operating agreement that defines the working relationship between the two parties,
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An off-take price agreement that defines the economic relationship between the two parties, and
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A lease agreement that provides Magontec with security of tenure at this site for 20 years.
As we have highlighted in previous commentaries, Magontec has an exclusive right to make and sell magnesium alloys from the Qinghai magnesium project.
The project has great longevity and represents the foundation on which the company will build its future prosperity.
In the event of any disagreements both parties would resort to Hong Kong law.
These agreements are the culmination of nearly two years of discussions. In that period we have
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Secured a major investment from QSLM in Magontec,
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Appointed the Vice President of QSLI as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Magontec and
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Enjoyed a very welcoming and profession engagement with our Chinese counterparts in Golmud.
It is worth highlighting that while these Agreements are important for both parties, the investment by QSLM in Magontec is a relatively small outlay beside the US$3 billion that is being invested in the entire first stage magnesium project in Qinghai.
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These agreements provide Magontec with a very high level of certainty.
The Off-Take Price Agreement gives Magontec the ability to make financial projections that we will share with investors, as we get closer to production.
The Agreement defines a formula for the price of liquid pure magnesium delivered to the Magontec alloying furnaces.
This formula would allow Magontec to make a very attractive return on its investment in Qinghai under current market conditions.
QSLM has also agreed to an adjustment to logistics costs designed to accommodate the remote location of this facility.
Furthermore as Magontec will be receiving pure magnesium in liquid metal form from the QSLM smelter, there will be no inventory costs associated with building and holding magnesium raw material stockpiles.
Finally, the Agreement also allows Magontec to enter into negotiations with major customers to supply volume and long-term contracts with fixed underlying economics.
There are currently no long-term contracts offered by Chinese magnesium alloy suppliers.
These documents will
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Provide Magontec with a strong marketing proposition in all its target markets
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Allow us to grow our market share as Qinghai comes on stream, and
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Resolve the challenging issue of competitiveness that constrains our primary alloy manufacturing operation today.
Slide 9
I want to turn now to the actual magnesium project in Qinghai and provide you with some more details about this opportunity.
The magnesium resource that QSLM will access is contained in a series of artificial lakes build over the last 50 years as the parent company, Qinghai
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Salt Lake Industries Co Ltd, mined the local area for feedstock for its potassium manufacturing business.
Because it is an established industrial location it has existing logistics infrastructure that is being upgraded for the new projects.
Furthermore this is a project that has the strong support of the provincial and central governments, providing a high level of administrative support.
Contained within these lakes is sufficient Mg material to feed the Qinghai magnesium project under construction and the proposed additional capacity to take it to 450,000 mt per annum, for many decades.
Slide 10
The construction program at Golmud is well under way.
Responsibility for construction is in the hands of our partners at QSLM who are building the brine purification plant, the dehydration plant and the electrolytic cell house as well as the cast house and all associated infrastructure
Magontec will install its equipment in the cast house, adjacent to the equipment that QSLM will install to manufacture pure magnesium ingots.
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This is a schematic of the cast house showing the location of all seven casting lines to be installed by the QSLM and Magontec, the warehouse and the maintenance building.
The three pure magnesium lines, operated by QSLM, are at the top, and the four magnesium alloy lines, operated by Magontec Qinghai, at the bottom
Slide 12
Let me briefly take you around the four Magontec casting lines.
These will be divided into two lines devoted to AZ alloys and two to AM and specialty alloys.
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While this might be a little more detailed than you bargained for I thought I might take you on a quick tour of the Qinghai facility and briefly explain the layout of the cast house and the metal flow.
The liquid magnesium arrives at the Magontec cast house in a metal truck directly from the electrolyser and is poured into one of 5 alloying furnaces.
Additional alloying material is added from one of 7 pre-heating furnaces.
After chemical analysis to ensure that the material meets the alloy specifications the molten material is poured into a refining furnaces and impurities are removed as sludge.
When the liquid magnesium alloy is ready to be cast it is pumped into moulds, then cooled, polished and inspected before they are stacked, strapped, wrapped and sent to the warehouse for despatch.
On the side of the cast house are the process control room and the chemical analysis laboratory.
The whole process will be highly automated, it will use HFC134a as a cover gas, instead of SO2, and the cycle times from receipt of metal to wrapped ingot will be considerably shorter than our current Chinese operations or the operations of any of our Chinese competitors.
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Here is a recent photo of the site at Golmud showing the dehydration unit on the far left, the electrolytic cell house, the transformer station that delivers power to the complex, the magnesium cast house and the warehouse
Slide 14
Up close you can more clearly see the cast house emerging from the space between the transformer station and the warehouse building.
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I wanted to emphasise again the environmental credentials of our new investment because Qinghai is a model environmental project.
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It has the best hydropower resources in China sited close to the source of three major rivers and adjacent to an extensive and growing solar power array
The project will take 75% of its power from hydro and 10% from solar in the initial stages before further renewable energy sources are brought on stream at a later date.
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This means that the carbon footprint from Qinghai will be around a quarter of the current average for all Chinese magnesium plants.
This chart shows the average CO2 emission per kilo of magnesium manufactured at Pidgeon plants across China.
Below is an estimate of emission levels from the new plant at Qinghai – about a quarter of the current Pidgeon process average.
This environmental edge will be a great boon to Magontec in its efforts to market magnesium to automotive companies and other die casters around the world, all of whom face the challenge of meeting new and increasingly stringent environmental standards.
Slide 17
So in conclusion
We have a major project that has the broad support of the Qinghai Provincial Government and the Chinese National Government, is under construction and expected to produce its first material in 2015.
Magontec will become the largest magnesium alloy manufacturing and recycling company in the world with exclusive access to the world’s largest magnesium project.
Magontec’s existing businesses are making good progress and are expected to deliver stronger returns as the full impact of the changes introduced over the last two years emerge in the second half of 2014.
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The company now has a stable and sustainable balance sheet with the financial resources to fund its commitments over the next two years and
The major shareholders, who hold over 70% of the share capital, are all fully committed to executing the opportunity in front of the company.
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your time.
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Magontec Limited (MGL)
Annual General Meeting 29[th] May 2014
Nicholas Andrews Executive Chairman & CEO
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Limited Magontec Corporate Overview (ASX Code: MGL)
Annual Revenue (2013)
| Asia | A$60 million | ||
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| Europe | A$70 million | ||
| Global | A$130 million | ||
| Investment metrics | |||
| Net Debt-to-Equity | 24% | ||
| Interest Cover | 3.4 times | ||
| Valuation | |||
| Issued capital | 1115 m shares | ||
| Market capitalisation (@ 3 c) | A$33.45 million | ||
| Gross Assets | A$83 million | ||
| NTA per share | 3.0 cents | ||
| Enterprise Value | $36.5 million | ||
| Substantial shareholders | |||
| Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium Co Ltd | 29.7% | ||
| Allan Gray Australia | 18.8% | ||
| Straits Resources Limited | 15.6% | ||
| KWE(HK) Investment Development Co Ltd | 5.0% |
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Magontec Limited - locations and capacities
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Bottrop
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Technology Centre
Cast House Project
Alloy/Recycling Capacity
Anode Capacity
Bottrop Santana Xi‘an Suzhou Shanxi Sydney
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CAST [1 ]
15 kt 3 kt 1 kt 5 kt 1 kt 8 kt 30 kt
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| Magontec Limited (ASX Code: MGL) | ||
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| Corporate Actions – 2011 to 2014 | ||
| Construction of primary Mg alloy cast house. Qinghai, PRC | ||
| Operation, Price & Lease Agreements signed with QSLM | ||
| 2014 | ||
| Balance sheet restructure completed, final debts repaid to Straits | ||
| A$6.3m new equity (option exercise). QSLM becomes 29.7% shareholder | ||
| Appointment of new Directors to strengthen Board | ||
| 2013 | Straits Resources converts debt to equity, becomes 15.5% shareholder | |
| Mg Anode production starts in Romania & at new location in Xi’an | ||
| Primary Mg alloy production starts in Shanxi | ||
| Mg recycling production starts in Romania | ||
| QSLM becomes 27% shareholder | ||
| 2012 | ||
| A$11m equity capital raising (Rights Issue) | ||
| A$2m Placement to QSLM | ||
| Cooperation Agreement signed with Qinghai Salt Lake Magnesium Co. Ltd (QSLM) | ||
| 2011 | Advanced Magnesium acquires Varomet Holdings Ltd from Straits Mine Management. Name change to Magontec Ltd | |
| 60 years of experience in Magnesium, 12 years in China | 4 |
Financial & Corporate Update – Asia & Europe/NA
Asia
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EBITDA(2) Operating Cash Surrogate Sales Revenue(1)
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¥1,600,000
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¥1,200,000
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¥400,000
¥200,000
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2013 2014
EBITDA(2) Operating Cash Surrogate Sales Revenue(1)
€ 600,000 € 17.0
€ 16.5
€ 500,000
€ 16.0
€ 400,000
€ 15.5
€ 300,000 € 15.0
€ 14.5
€ 200,000
€ 14.0
€ 100,000
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1 Excludes all inter-company sales 2 Excluding unrealised foreign exchange gains
- Operating cash is ebitda + tax + interest expense
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Financial & Corporate Update – MGL Group
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$800,000 EBITDA(2) Operating Cash Surrogate Sales Revenue(1) $40
$600,000 $35
$400,000 $30
$200,000 $25
$0 $20
-$200,000 $15
1 Excludes all inter-company sales
-$400,000 2 Excluding unrealised foreign exchange gains $10
Includes HO costs
-$600,000 $5
-$800,000 $0
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Positive impact
Negative impact
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Recovery in European recycling margins
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Anode shift to lower cost region
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Alloy customer shift to Eastern Europe
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Cost of EU anode relocation in 4Q 2014
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China alloy export margin collapse
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Operating capacity at MAY (primary Mg alloy)
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Capex to reduce operating costs in EU
Preparing for Qinghai
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Specialist metals sales
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Build capacity
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Increase efficiency
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Build market share
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Qinghai Agreements
Three Agreements signed between Magontec and Qinghai Salt Lake Group
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Magnesium Alloy Cast House – Operating Agreement
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Off-Take Price Agreement
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Lease Agreement
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Exclusivity
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10 year + 10 year option duration
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Arbitration in Hong Kong
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Foundation documents for future prosperity
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Culmination of negotiation, investment and appointments over the last 2 years since the signing of the Cooperation Agreement with QSLM
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Qinghai Agreements
The three new Agreements provide a high level of certainty
The Off-Take Price Agreement
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A formula fixed for three years defining the cost at which Magontec will buy liquid pure magnesium
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A transport cost adjustment that accommodates the relatively remote location of Qinghai
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No pure Mg inventory costs – receive material in liquid form on day of manufacture
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Subject to agreement, volume and long term contracts with fixed underlying economics
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Qinghai Project – manufacturing and resource location
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Golmud
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� Situated on a substantial resource in western China Brine content > 20% MgCl2 / Mean Mg content of 58g/litre
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An established industrial location for > 50 years
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4 bil tonnes of MgCl2 at Golmud of which 1 bil tonnes is pure Mg
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Electrified rail links to domestic and export markets
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Sponsored by Provincial and National governments
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Electrolytic magnesium smelter and cast house Golmud, Qinghai Province
Construction program at Golmud
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QSLM constructs electrolytic Mg manufacturing complex - initial capacity of 100,000 mtpa
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QSLM constructs magnesium cast house, maintenance workshop and warehouse buildings
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QSLM constructs associated infrastructure (including transport links, utilities supply etc.)
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Magontec installs and operates cast house equipment with 56,000 mtpa of Mg alloy production capacity
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QSLM installs cast house equipment with 44,000 mtpa of pure Mg production capacity
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Qinghai Cast House - shared by QSLM and Magontec Qinghai
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Magontec’s Magnesium Alloy Cast House
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Highly automated HFC 134a cover gas Rapid cycle times
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Casting (4) Cooling Polishing Inspection Stacking Strapping Wrapping Despatch
Preheating Furnaces (7)
Alloying Furnace (5)
Refining Furnace (2) AZ alloys
Metal Wagon AM, AE & specialty alloys
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Process control Chemical analysis
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Golmud Cast House site – May 2014
Dehydration unit
Electrolytic cell house
Warehouse Transformer Magnesium Cast House
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Golmud Cast House site – May 2014
Warehouse Electrolytic Cell House Magnesium Cast House
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The Qinghai Project is an environmental model
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wind mill 0.10%
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Best hydro power resources in China.
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Solar 9.10% Source of 3 major Chinese rivers (Yellow, Yangzte, and Canglan)
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Thermal (coal) 15.50% Extensive and growing solar power array
Hydro 75.30%
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Comparative other Chinese and Qinghai GHG/CO2 emissions
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30"
25" Average 25.8kg CO2 eq/kg Mg
20"
15"
10"
5"
0"
Dolomite(Mi( Ferrosilicone( Fluorite( Calcina2on( Brique5ng( Reduc2on( Refining( Total(
Producer(gas( 0.3( 9.4( 0.1( 9.5( 0.6( 5.6( 1.1( 26.6(
Coke(Oven(Gas( 0.3( 9.4( 0.1( 7.9( 0.6( 3.5( 0.5( 22.3(
Semi(Coke(Oven(Gas( 0.3( 9.4( 0.1( 10.8( 0.6( 5.8( 0.7( 27.7(
Natural(Gas( 0.3( 9.4( 0.1( 9.5( 0.6( 4.3( 0.8( 25.0(
Simone Ehrenberger. German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Vehicle Concepts. IMA LCA Study. May 2012
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6.5 kg CO2 eq/kg Mg
0
Refining &
Brine Purification Evaporation Drying Reduction TOTAL
Casting
Series1 0.2 1.94 3.73 0.10 0.50 6.47
kg"CO2/kg"Mg"
Pidgeon Process
#
tCO2/tMg
GHG Emissions
Qinghai Electrolytic
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*Simone Ehrenberger. German Aerospace Centre, Institute of Vehicle Concepts. IMA LCA Study. May 2012
Hatch – Qinghai Integrated Magnesium Project Overview. July 2012
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Summary
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─ Construction phase is well underway
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─ Magontec will remain among the largest magnesium alloy manufacturers and recyclers in the World
▪ Exclusive access to the World’s largest electrolytic Mg supply
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─ Existing businesses are beginning to generate stronger returns, particularly where we have invested in new plant and equipment.
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─ The balance sheet is stable and sustainable
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─ The major shareholders of Magontec are fully committed
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