Annual Report 2016 the Year in Brief
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METALS & INNOVATION FOR THE FUTURE ANNUAL REPORT 2016 THE YEAR IN BRIEF The year in brief Contents Important events Introduction The year in brief b About Boliden 2 President’s Statement 4 Strategy 6 Target fulfilment 8 Value creation 10 Market Market trends 12 Market position 14 Competitiveness 15 Price trends 16 Boliden acquired the Finnish copper and Several of the mines are developing nickel mine, Kevitsa, during the year. worldleading automation technology that Income model 20 Kevitsa is a high quality mine with a improves both safety and productivity. Boliden’s operations good operational fit. September, for example, saw the world premiere of driverless trucks, 1,000 m Boliden’s mines and smelters 22 underground. The Group’s performance 25 Business Area Mines 28 Business Area Smelters 34 ) page ) page Sustainable development 40 Employees 41 Environment 44 Society 48 Boliden – metals for modern life Partners and purchasing 50 The Boliden share 52 Risk management 54 Boliden produces metals that make modern society Corporate Governance Corporate Governance Report 58 work. Our operations are characterised by concern The Board of Directors 64 for people, the environment and society, and we The Group management 66 Internal Control Report 67 are one of the best companies in the world when it Financial reports comes to sustainable mining and metal production. The Group 68 Boliden also enjoys a leading position in metal recy- The Parent Company 73 Notes to the accounts 74 cling. The combination of in-depth experience and Proposed allocation of profits 99 Audit report 100 development of best available technology means that Auditor’s Limited Assurance Report our mines and smelters are well-positioned to handle on Boliden AB’s Sustainability Report 104 Mineral Reserves and global competition. Boliden has 5,500 employees Mineral Resources 105 Ten-year overviews 110 in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Ireland and has an Definitions and industry concepts 117 annual turnover of SEK 40 billion. Annual General Meeting 119 Addresses 120 Boliden Annual Report 2016 Introduction Market Operations Corporate governance Financial reports THE YEAR IN BRIEF Wireless networks and positioning systems Nickel operations at the Harjavalta The world’s first electric road for heavy have been installed in the mines to enable smelter were reorganised and devel- trucks on public roads was opened in both personnel and machines to be located. oped, and the acquisition of the Kevitsa June. Boliden is involved in this project, High-speed networks have been expanded, mine has ensured a stable supply of raw which aims to identify more economic, enabling increased automation. materials. climate-friendly forms of transport. ) page ) page ) page The year in brief Key data 2016 2015 • Revenues were stable and totalled SEK 40,316 m Revenues, SEK m 40,316 40,242 (40,242). Operating profit before depreciation, SEK m 9,881 7,112 Operating profit, excl. revaluation of process 5,094 4,010 • Adjusted for the acquisition of Kevitsa, the operating inventory, SEK m profit, excl. revaluation of process inventory, in- Operating profit, SEK m 5,682 3,590 creased by SEK 985 m due to increased production, Earnings per share, SEK 15,49 9,65 Free cash flow, SEK m –2,801 2,565 primarily within Mines, and improved market terms, Investments, SEK m 4,127 3,650 mainly in the form of higher metal prices. Acquisitions, SEK m 5,961 – • The free cash flow, excl. the consideration for Kevitsa, Capital employed, SEK m 42,457 35,131 was SEK 3,124 m (2,565). The year on year increase 15 Return on capital employed, % 10 was due to the improvement in profits. Return on shareholders’ equity, % 16 11 Number of employees, FTE 5,477 4,878 • The number of accidents leading to absence from work Net debt/equity ratio, % 32 23 (LTI) fell to 7.9 (8.9) per one million hours worked. Dividend per share, SEK 5.25 3.25 • An estimated 612 GWh of surplus heat was utilised Accidents (LTI frequency) 7.9 8.9 internally and 877 GWh was delivered to other com- Sick leave, % 4.4 4.6 panies or used to heat homes. Metals to water, tonnes, Me-eq 13 18 Metals to air, tonnes, Me-eq 100 88 • Boliden’s share price rose during the year by 66 per Carbon dioxide intensity, tonnes/tonne 0.69 0.65 cent and consequently outperformed the Stockholm Sulphur dioxide emissions, ktonnes 7.1 7.2 Stock Exchange. Number of environmental incidents 17 14 Boliden Annual Report 2016 | 1 ABOUT BOLIDEN From deposit to customer in a circular economy Boliden’s business model takes responsibility for the entire value chain – from exploration and mining to the recycling and production of metals. Exploration Mining Concentration Mines Exploration Mining Concentration Exploration – the search for new Boliden has both open-pit and The crushed ore is transported to mineral deposits – is conducted to underground mines. The work concentrators, which are usually ensure the operations’ future and involves drilling, blasting, loading, located in the immediate vicinity to supply society’s need for high and crushing the ore. Boliden’s of the mine, where it is processed quality metals. Boliden’s explo- mines are amongst the most effi- into concentrates with a high ration work employs advanced cient in the world, thanks to high- metal grade. The process is highly technology and tried and trusted tech methods such as positioning, automated and based on chemical methods to locate deposits that remote controlled machines, and and mechanical separation and, in contain zinc, copper, nickel and premium level care for the natural some cases, leaching. The majority precious metals. environment. of the mines’ zinc and copper con- centrate is sold to Boliden’s smelt- ers for refining into pure metall. 2 | Boliden Annual Report 2016 Introduction Market Operations Corporate governance Financial reports ABOUT BOLIDEN External Metals are used everywhere in concentrate society, e.g. in buildings, vehicles, suppliers telecoms, and energy transfer. Refinement Collection and within industrial recycling of production used metals Sales Feed Metal production Smelting Raw materials feed Metal production Sales The smelters’ raw materials com- The smelters primarily produce Boliden strives to supply the high- prise concentrates from Boliden’s zinc ingots, copper cathodes, gold est quality metals with the level of own mines, external mines, and and silver bars, and by-products, purity that customers require. The recycling material suppliers. together with smaller quantities majority of the products are sold Investments in recycling technol- of several other metals. Process to industrial customers in Europe ogy have made Boliden a leading development improves the smelt- who refine them to produce cop- player in the metal recycling field, ers’ ability to increase the degree per wire and galvanized products, principally for electronics and of metal extraction and thereby for example. The automotive and automotive batteries. reduce the amount of waste construction industries are the generated. most important end-consumers. Find out more at boliden.com Boliden Annual Report 2016 | 3 PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT 2016 – a challenging start and a strong finish Stable production, investments in organic growth, and selected acquisitions form the basis for Boliden’s value creation. In 2016, every one of these bases helped generate a strong profit, despite low metal prices at the beginning of the year. Changes take time in our capital-intensive industry very well during the year, but there is still scope for and strategy puts the conditions in place for long-term improvement in several areas: production at Aitik con- success. Boliden’s strategy focuses on, amongst other tinued to be affected by low reliability in critical equip- things, process stability, investments and acquisitions. ment, and we have implemented a powerful programme We are building a position of strong competitiveness that will have full impact in 2018. Exploration work in in each unit, with stable and efficient operations, at the the Outokumpu field has not yielded desired results, but 5.1 same time we exploit advantages from the combination we will continue working in this geologically interesting SEK 5.1 billion (4.0) of mines and smelters. Persistence in this work has area and our ambitions remain high. Smelters enjoys – 2016 operating yielded results. good profitability, but at the same time, are suffering profit, excluding We invest in organic growth. The massive invest- from too many production disruptions. revaluation of pro- ments in Aitik and Garpenberg yielded world class cess inventory productivity at our most important mines, coupled Acquisitions, projects and exploration with the investments in Rönnskär, Kokkola and Kevitsa and Harjavalta are a strong combination, Harjavalta that improved our ability to extract metals not just when it comes to nickel, but for copper and from complex materials, are examples of this ap- precious metals too. The acquisition enables Boliden to proach. 2016 also saw the acquisition of Finland’s big- make use of its expertise in grinding and mining in cold gest mine, the Kevitsa nickel and copper mine in the climates and to optimise the delivery chain from mining northern part of the country. The acquisition was part to metal production. The investment also strengthens of our new focus on nickel. We started by building up Boliden’s position in Finland, which we now regard as a nickel supplier and customer base for Harjavalta, Boliden’s second home. Operations at Odda saw an in- and then acquired the mine, which offers substantial creased focus on core operations through the sale of the synergies with Boliden and provides materials ideally aluminium fluoride unit. Odda is also approaching the suited to Harjavalta. end of the expansion project, P200, that will see capacity increase from 170,000 to 200,000 tonnes per year.