Copper | Metals & Mining | McKinsey & Company

Copper by the numbers

100%

cost curve and supply coverage

390

primary mines

171

secondary mines

>300

projects

MineSpans Copper Service

MineSpans Copper service is accessible through an interactive client portal that gives access to global cost curves, supply and demand figures, with and detailed data and individual mine models

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What MineSpans Copper Service Offers

Copper Cost Curves and Models

Highly granular historical and forecasted cash costs broken down by activity, including mining, processing, overhead, freight, treatment charge, refining charge, by-products, royalties, and additional full sustaining costs, such as sustaining capital expenditure and corporate selling, general, and administrative costs
Detailed cost analysis by factors such as diesel, electricity, labor, consumables, and more

Copper Supply and Demand Outlooks

Supply forecasts based on key parameters, including development stage, project type, location, owner, mining-specific country risk, and capital requirement
Proprietary methodology for mill-head grade and reserve-grade erosion, life of mine, and supply scenarios
Demand outlook based on McKinsey’s internal demand model

Individual Mine Models

Excel outputs that feature supply and cost breakdowns, including by parameters such as material moved, run of mine, strip ratio, recoveries, and grade
Flexing of macroeconomic input commodity price, exchange rate, oil price, wage, and power price