Nyrstar Way Zincbe the Leading Integrated Metals and Mining Business Multi Metals Growth Resources for a Changing World Deliver Sustainable Growth Sustainable Deliver
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Achieve excellenceCreating in everything we do Value From volumeFrom to value to Through Integration Unlocking untapped value The Nyrstar Way ZincBe the leading integrated metals and mining business Multi metals Growth Resources for a changing world Deliver sustainable growth sustainable Deliver ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Key figures (EUR millions unless otherwise stated) 2011 2010 2009 MINING PRODUCTION Zinc in concentrate (‘000 tonnes) 207 84 - Gold in concentrate (‘000 troy ounces) 49.9 4.7 - Silver in concentrate (‘000 troy ounces)1 3,673 271 - Copper in concentrate (‘000 tonnes) 7.7 0.2 - SMELTING PRODUCTION2 Zinc metal (‘000 tonnes) 1,125 1,076 809 Lead metal (‘000 tonnes) 211 198 227 MARKET Average LME zinc price (USD/t) 2,191 2,159 1,659 Average exchange rate (EUR/USD) 1.39 1.33 1.39 KEY FINANCIAL DATA Revenue 3,348 2,696 1,664 Mining EBITDA3 72 24 (3) Smelting EBITDA3 235 198 97 Other & Eliminations EBITDA3 (42) (12) (2) EBITDA3,4 265 210 93 Results from operating activities before exceptional items 122 112 32 Profit/(loss) for the period 36 72 10 Mining EBITDA/t3 348 286 - Smelting EBITDA/t3 209 184 120 Group EBITDA/t3 199 181 115 Underlying EPS (EUR)5 0.38 0.85 0.32 Basic EPS (EUR) 0.24 0.62 0.10 Capital Expenditure 229 147 68 Net operating cash flow 121 232 (19) Net debt/(cash), end of period 718 296 38 6 Gearing (%) 35% 26% 5% 1 75% OF THE SILVER PRODUCED BY CAMPO MORADO IS SUBJECT TO A STREAMING AGREEMENT WITH SILVER WHEATON CORPORATION WHEREBY ONLY USD 3.90/OZ IS PAYABLE. IN 2011, CAMPO MORADO PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 1,836,000 TROY OUNCES OF SILVER. 2 I NCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM MINES AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SMELTERS ONLY. LEAD PRODUCTION AT ARA REFLECTS NYRSTAR’S OWNERSHIP (50%). PRODUCTION AT FÖHL, GALVA 45, GENESIS AND GM METAL (CLOSED IN 2010) ARE NOT INCLUDED. 3 A LL REFERENCES TO EBITDA IN THE TABLE ABOVE ARE UNDERLYING EBITDA. UNDERLYING MEASURES EXCLUDE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS RELATED TO RESTRUCTURING MEASURES, M&A RELATED TRANSACTION EXPENSES, IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS, MATERIAL INCOME OR EXPENSES ARISING FROM EMBEDDED DERIVATIVES RECOGNISED UNDER IAS 39 AND OTHER ITEMS ARISING FROM EVENTS OR TRANSACTIONS CLEARLY DISTINCT FROM THE ORDINARY ACTIVITIES OF NYRSTAR. UNDERLYING EPS DOES NOT CONSIDER TAX EFFECT ON UNDERLYING ADJUSTMENTS. 4 TO IMPROVE REPORTING TRANSPARENCY, M&A RELATED TRANSACTION EXPENSES (2011: EUR 14.6M, 2010: EUR 2.8M) HAVE BEEN RE- CLASSED FROM OPERATING COSTS TO UNDERLYING ADJUSTMENTS, IMPACTING UNDERLYING EBITDA. PROFIT AFTER TAX IS UNCHANGED 5 IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT OFFERING, THE COMPARATIVE EPS, AND UNDERLYING EPS, FOR FY 2010 HAS BEEN RESTATED TO RETROACTIVELY REFLECT THE IMPACT OF THE MARCH 2011 RIGHTS ISSUE (ADJUSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH IAS 33 EARNINGS PER SHARE). SEE NOTE 32 OF NYRSTAR’S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 6 GEARING: NET DEBT TO NET DEBT PLUS EQUITY AT END OF PERIOD Key share facts FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011 2010 Number of issued ordinary shares 170,022,544 100,000,000 Number of treasury shares 9,413,138 3,631,558 Market capitalisation (as at 31/12) EUR 1,037,137,518 EUR 936,259,200 Underlying Earnings per Share (12 months to 31/12) EUR 0.38 EUR 0.85 Gross Dividend Distribution (proposed) EUR 0.16 EUR 0.15 Share price (closing price as at 31/12) EUR 6.10 EUR 9.36 Year high (intra-day) EUR 10.62 EUR 9.89 (13/01/11) (14/04/10) Year low (intra-day) EUR 5.51 EUR 5.76 (23/11/11 and 25/11/11) (21/05/10) Average volume traded shares per day (12 months to 31/12) 993,666 880,000 Free float (as at 31/12) 85% 90% Free float Velocity (full year) 168% 222% RELATIVE SHARE PRICE PERFORMANCE 2011 (IN %) 110 100 90 80 BEL-20(8) Zinc price MSCI WMM(9) 70 Nyrstar 60 JAN FEB MAR APR May JUN JUL AUG SEP Oct NOV DEC 8 BEL20 IS THE BENCHMARK stocK MARKet INDEX OF EURONEXT BRUSSELS. 9 MSCI WorlD IS THE stOCK MARKet INDEX OF 1500 ‘WORLd’ stOCKS, maintaineD BY MSCI INC. (MORGAN Stanley CAPital International). FINANCIAL CALENDAR(7) 25 APRIL 2012 ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS Meeting 25 APRIL 2012 First INTERIM Management Statement 27 July 2012 2012 HALF YEAR Results 24 OctOBER 2012 SeconD INTERIM Management Statement 24 APRIL 2013 ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS Meeting 24 APRIL 2013 First INTERIM Management Statement 7 Dates ARE SUBJect to CHANGE, PLEASE CHECK THE Nyrstar WEBSITE FOR FINANCIAL CALENDAR UPDates CONTENTS 02 NYRSTAR IN 2011 02 Letter to our shareholders 05 Milestones 2011 06 STRATEGY INTO ACTION 07 Nyrstar2020 vision 09 Strategy into action 10 ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING WE DO 02 Nyrstar 11 Operational review 17 Safety, health & environment 18 UNLOCKING UNTAPPED VALUE in 2011 19 Financial review 28 DELIVER SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 29 Market review 06 31 Investor relations & communications 34 LIVING THE NYRSTAR WAY Strategy into Action 36 People 39 Safety, health & environment 43 Corporate Social Responsibility 07 49 Corporate Governance Statement Nyrstar2020 81 Report of the Board of Directors ex article 119 Company Code 95 Statement of responsibility 96 Consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2011 102 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 168 Statutory auditor’s report on the consolidated financial 10 statements as at 31 December 2011 171 Nyrstar NV summarized (non-consolidated) financial Achieve excellence statements as at 31 December 2011 172 Glossary of key industry terms in everything we do 2010 EUR 96m ZINC EUR 83m LEAD EUR 1m COPPER EUR 1m MINING SILVER EUR 5m GROSS GOLD EUR 5m PROFIT OTHER EUR 1m BY METAL 2011 EUR 345m ZINC EUR 204m GOLD EUR 41m SILVER EUR 60m COPPER EUR 29m LEAD EUR 8m OTHER EUR 3m In 2011 non zinc contribution to mining gross profit increased to 40%, % from only 12% in 2010. A clear demonstration of Nyrstar’s increasing footprint in and financial contribution from other commodities 40 namely silver, gold and copper. Listed on NYSE Brussels: NYR 7000 EMPLOYEES across 5 continents smelters MINING OPERATIONS Listed on 9 NYSE Brussels: NYR INCORPORATED 9 MINING OPERATIONS 7000 EMPLOYEES Belgium across 5 continents 6 SMELTERS smelters 02 Nyrstar MINING 18 9 OPERATIONS in 2011 Unlocking INCORPORATED untapped 06 Belgium value Strategy into Action 28 07 Deliver Nyrstar2020 sustainable growth 34 10 Living Achieve excellence The Nyrstar in everything we do Way E U R Underlying EBITDA up 265m26% compared to 2010 2011 Highlights Nyrstar is an integrated mining and metals business, with market leading positions in zinc and lead, and growing positions in Considerable growth in our underlying EBITDA other base and precious metals; essential despite a volatile market environment resources that are fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our Substantial year on year increase in underlying EBITDA changing world. Nyrstar has mining, contribution from our mining segment smelting, and other operations located in Europe, the Americas, China and Australia. Achieved our revised mine production target and continued improvements in costs Expanding our multi-metals footprint Year on year increase in our underlying group EBITDA per tonne driven by growth in our mining segment Annual Report 2011 011 Julien De Wilde Roland Junck Chairman Chief Executive Officer Nyrstar in011 2 Annual Report 2011 2 NYRSTAR IN 2011 STRATEGY INTO ACTION In 2011 we achieved considerable growth in terms of our EBITDA, our scale of operations and our level of ambition. An underlying EBITDA of EUR 265 million, up 26% compared to 2010, is a pleasing result in a volatile market environment, particularly towards the end of the year when metal prices had fallen sharply. Group underlying EBITDA per tonne improved 10% to EUR 199 per tonne, driven by a significant increase in our mining segment underlying EBITDA per tonne, up 22% from 2010 to EUR 348 per tonne. The scale of our mining segment continued to grow with zinc Sustainability of the environment and communities in which in concentrate production more than doubling to 207,000 we operate provides us with our invaluable license to operate. tonnes, in-line with our revised guidance of 205,000 to This license to operate must be constantly renewed. We are 215,000 tonnes. Production of other metals, namely, copper, able to do this by maintaining our reputation as a responsible gold, silver and lead, increased significantly and has become employer, neighbor, partner and corporate citizen and by an important contributor to our financial results. Overall, the continuing to drive improvements in our health, safety underlying EBITDA contribution from our mining segment and environmental performance. Please refer to the 2011 has continued to grow, representing 27% of group underlying Sustainable Development Report for further information EBITDA in 2011 up from 11% in 2010. This demonstrates the on some of the work we are doing across our operations. importance of our mining segment which, in line with our Looking forward, we enter 2012 in a strong position, with 2012 production guidance, is expected to continue to grow. several key milestones having been achieved and valuable Our smelting segment produced another year of record lessons learnt during our journey in 2011. We have a clear production and achieved an increased underlying ambition and strategy on which to continue our journey EBITDA result despite treatment charge, energy and, with Strategy into Action, the processes in place to price and exchange rate pressures and is expected to support success. Our portfolio of assets is continuing to provide a solid contribution to our EBITDA in 2012. improve in both scale and quality, providing options for further growth and the flexibility to focus on maximising Towards the end of the year we launched Strategy into Action, shareholder value by enhancing margins at constant metal a disciplined approach to taking our strategy, Nyrstar2020, prices.