Interim Results Announcement for the Six Months Ended 30 June 2020
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement (Stock Code: 03993) INTERIM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2020 INTERIM RESULTS The board of directors (the “Board”) of China Molybdenum Co., Ltd.* (the “Company”) is pleased to announce the unaudited consolidated financial results of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) for the six months ended 30 June 2020. This announcement contains the full text of the interim report of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2020 and the contents were prepared in accordance with the relevant disclosure requirements pursuant to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”). The unaudited consolidated financial results of the Group have been reviewed by the audit and risk committee of the Company. This results announcement is also published on the websites of the Company (www.cmoc.com) and the Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk). The interim report of the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2020 will be despatched to shareholders and will also be available at the abovementioned websites in due course. SUMMARY OF 2020 INTERIM REPORT ■ The Company overcame the adverse effects of the pandemic and kept stable operating performance. During the reporting period, the Company recorded an operating revenue of RMB46.744 billion, representing a year- on-year increase of 368.44%, an increase of 8.84% in the second quarter compared with that in the first quarter, and a net profit of RMB1.002 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 29.56%, an increase of 38.39% in the second quarter compared with that in the first quarter. Among them, net profit attributable to the parent company amounted to RMB1.008 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 24.73%, an increase of 24.89% in the second quarter compared with that in the first quarter; ■ The net cash flow from operating activities amounted to RMB4.251 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 90.66%; total EBITDA amounted to RMB3.2 billion; monetary capital balance amounted to approximately RMB18.2 billion; gearing ratio was 58.95%. Despite the impact of the pandemic outbreak, the Company maintained strong cash generating capabilities and a relatively stable financial structure; ■ Focusing on ensuring stable production, the Company facilitates cost reduction and efficiency enhancement with combined measures to enhance its operation. During the reporting period, the Company continued to explore its potential by actively promoting various technological renovation projects. Production and operation cost for each mining business segment of the Company achieved a reduction of more than RMB1,000 million compared with the same period of last year under the same caliber; ■ As the synergy effect between the mining and trading segment gradually took effect, the trading business had a good performance. During the reporting period, utilizing the excellent risk management system together with steady and healthy operation style, IXM effectively countered emergency risk with operational model combining the futures and cash commodities trading, which achieved good performance with a net profit attributable to the parent company of RMB300 million; ■ The Company innovated business model and obtained low-cost long-term funds. As of the reporting date, the Company further increased its capital strength and reduced its financing costs through measures like entering into the Metal Streaming Agreement, which will be helpful to implement our positive capital structure management strategies and provide sufficient liquidity support to the development strategies driven by both endogenous growth and denotative expansion in the future. China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. 1 MAJOR FINANCIAL INDICATORS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2020 (I) Major Accounting Data Unit: Yuan Currency: RMB Increase/decrease for the reporting During the period as compared reporting period Same period last with the same Major accounting data (January–June) year period last year (%) Operating revenue 46,743,857,426.26 9,978,669,307.74 368.44 Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company 1,007,820,700.18 807,990,808.81 24.73 Net profit after deduction of non-recurring profits or losses attributable to shareholders of the listed company 507,764,801.78 697,558,648.53 -27.21 Net cash flow from operating activities 4,251,397,720.59 2,229,813,554.56 90.66 Increase/decrease at the end of the reporting period as At the end of the At the end of last compared with the reporting period year end of last year (%) Net assets attributable to the shareholders of the listed company 40,732,237,416.38 40,802,774,133.85 -0.17 Total assets 120,671,609,453.13 116,862,226,476.73 3.26 2 2020 INTERIM REPORT (II) Major Financial Indicators Increase/decrease for the reporting During the period as compared reporting period Same period last with the same Major financial indicators (January–June) year period last year (%) Basic earnings per share (RMB/share) 0.047 0.037 27.03 Diluted earnings per share (RMB/share) N/A N/A N/A Basic earnings per share excluded non-recurring profits or losses (RMB/share) 0.024 0.032 -25.00 The Weighted Average Rate of Return on net Increased by 0.49 assets (%) 2.44 1.95 percentage point The Weighted Average Rate of Return on net assets excluded non-recurring profits or Decreased by 0.46 losses (%) 1.23 1.69 percentage point COMPANY PROFILE China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “CMOC” or the “Company”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) is a joint stock company established in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) on 25 August 2006. The Company was successfully listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) (Stock code: 03993) on 26 April 2007 and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (the “SSE”) (Stock code: 603993) on 9 October 2012. The Company engages in the non-ferrous metal industry, mainly the mining and processing business, which includes mining, beneficiation, smelting and refining of base and rare metals, and mineral trading business. With its main business located over five continents: Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania and Europe, the Company is the largest tungsten producer, the second largest cobalt and niobium producer, one of the top five molybdenum producers and a leading copper producer in the world. It is also the second largest producer of phosphatic fertilizers in Brazil. In terms of trading business, the Company is among the third biggest base metals merchants in the world. The Company ranks 1,463 among the top 2,000 global listed companies by Forbes 2020, 151 among the 2020 Fortune China 500, and 18 among the top 50 Chinese non-ferrous metal companies in terms of operating income in 2019. VISION AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY The Company’s vision is to become a respected world-class resource company. Adhering to the operation principle of meritocracy, cost control, continuous improvement, and achievement sharing, the Company is committed to reinforcing and maintaining the current competitiveness of the Company’s business, and strengthening competitive cost advantages of existing business through continuously identifying cost reduction opportunities and improving efficiency; optimizing business development fueled by organic growth of current production capacity and outward investment, based on existing resource endowment, while continuously optimizing the Company’s production capacity structure. Appropriate external investment should be made to expand resources & reserves and growth capacity; continuously managing and optimizing the balance sheet by rationalizing financing structure and reducing capital costs; creating synergies with minerals trading business while ensuring stable domestic and overseas operations; relying on its comprehensive competitive advantages of scale, industrial chain, technology, capital, market and management, and diversified financing platform, the Company is stepping firmly towards its strategic goals. China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. 3 MARKET REVIEW AND OUTLOOK (I) Market Review Price comparison of relevant products of the Company in the first half of 2019 and 2020 Domestic market prices of relevant products of the Company Increase/ decrease on a year-to- Products First half of 2020 First half of 2019 year basis (%) Molybdenum concentrates (RMB/metric Molybdenum tonne unit) 1,538 1,742 -11.71 Ferromolybdenum (RMB0’000/tonne) 10.58 11.77 -10.11 Black tungsten concentrates (RMB/ Tungsten metric tonne unit) 1,287.78 1,446.15 -10.95 APT (RMB0’000/tonne) 12.86 14.63 -12.10 Note: Data from the average prices quoted on the website of Comelan (product standard: 47.5% for molybdenum concentrate, 60% for ferromolybdenum, grade I national standard for black tungsten concentrate, APTGB-0) International market prices of relevant products of the Company Increase/ decrease on a year-to- Products First half of 2020 First half of 2019 year basis (%) Molybdenum Molybdenum oxide (USD/pound) 9.05 11.98 -24.46 Copper Copper cathode (USD/tonne) 5,502 6,164 -10.74 Cobalt Cobalt metal (USD/pound) 15.67 16.50 -5.03 Phosphate MAP (USD/tonne) 312 397 -21.41 Lead Lead concentrate (USD/tonne) 1,763 1,960 -10.05 Zinc Zinc concentrate (USD/tonne) 2,049 2,732 -25.00 Note: the price of molybdenum oxide is the average price quoted on the Metals Week; the prices of copper, lead and zinc is the spot average price on LME (London Metal Exchange); cobalt price is the low range average price of cobalt that reaches MB (British Metal Bulletin) standard grade; phosphate fertilizer price is from Argus Media.