Whitehaven Coal Limited · ASX:WHC

Whitehaven Coal — H1 FY21 Earnings Presentation

33 slides from Whitehaven Coal's earnings presentation, Feb 17, 2021

  1. Slide 1: Half Year Results Presentation

    For personal use only 17 February 2021 HALF YEAR RESULTS PRESENTATION Authorised for release by the Board of Whitehaven Coal Limited Investor contact Media contact Sarah McNally Michael van Maanen +61 2 8222 1155, +61 477 999 238 +61 8222 1171, +61 412 500 351 smcnally@whitehavencoal.com.au mvanmaan

  2. Slide 2: Half Year Results FY21

    For personal use only Half Year Results FY21 17 February 2021

  3. Slide 3: Disclosure

    Disclosure For personal use only FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS MATERIAL, PARTICULARLY THOSE REGARDING THE POSSIBLE OR ASSUMED FUTURE PERFORMANCE, COSTS, DIVIDENDS, RETURNS, PRODUCTION LEVELS OR RATES, PRICES, RESERVES, POTENTIAL GROWTH OF WHITEHAVEN COAL LIMITED, INDUSTRY G

  4. Slide 4: Contents

    Contents For personal use only 1. Whitehaven’s Market 2. H1 FY21 Results 3. Guidance for FY21 4. Appendices

  5. Slide 5: Whitehaven's Market

    For personal use only Market Whitehaven’s

  6. Slide 6: Whitehaven's customer base is in Asia

    Whitehaven’s customer base is in Asia For personal use only Whitehaven’s coal products are 4 18 Japan exported to Asia 2 6 Korea Our coal products are used: 1 1 Taiwan 1. In high efficiency, India 2 - 1 1 Vietnam low emission (HELE) electricity generation - 1 Philippines Malaysia - 1 2. to make stee

  7. Slide 7: Current coal market dynamics

    Current coal market For personal use only dynamics China's import restrictions on Australian sourced coal • Whitehaven has no direct exposure to China Industrial activity gaining momentum • Increased demand for all fuel types Impact of weather events • Northern hemisphere winter • La Niña 6

  8. Slide 8: Forecast seaborne thermal coal demand & pricing

    Forecast seaborne thermal coal demand & pricing For personal use only Global seaborne thermal coal demand (Mt) Thermal coal prices, 6,000kcal, US$/t By 2025, seaborne imports will recover from 2020 lows Source: CRU January 2021 7

  9. Slide 9: Whitehaven helps customer countries meet their emission targets

    Whitehaven plays an important role helping For personal use only customer countries meet their emission targets The benefits of using Whitehaven coal products: High CV coal Assists customers Decreases the ash requires less coal to meet strict byproduct of the to be used to sulphur and generation pro

  10. Slide 10: H1 FY21 Results

    WW Working For personal use only H1 FY21 Results

  11. Slide 11: H1 FY21 operational and financial highlights

    H1 FY21 operational and financial highlights For personal use only COVID’s impact on coal prices eclipsed an improved operational performance Safety Production Unit costs Earnings Liquidity 5.41 9.6Mt A$70/t $37.2m $411.8m TRIFR1 managed ROM EBITDA production 1 Total recordable injury frequency rate

  12. Slide 12: Safety performance

    Safety performance For personal use only Safety is always a key focus for Whitehaven 25 20 ROM coal production (Mt) 15 and TRIFR Whitehaven recorded 10 a TRIFR of 5.41 5 5.41 as at 31 December 0 2020 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 H1 FY21 ROM coal production (Mt) Total R

  13. Slide 13: ROM coal production and sales

    ROM coal production and sales For personal use only H1 FY21 ROM production H1 FY21 Sales supported by stock draw downs Whitehaven Managed ROM Coal Production (Mt) Whitehaven Managed Coal Sales (Mt) 14 13.1 14 12.2 12.2 11.8 12 11.7 12 10.8 11.4 11.2 10.9 11.2 11.0 10.4 0.7 10.2 0.1 10.3 10.1 10.3 0.

  14. Slide 14: Premium products sold into premium markets

    Premium products sold into premium markets For personal use only Demand for high quality, high CV thermal coal is increasing in the Asian market • We produce and sell high Thermal Coal Sales H1 FY21 Metallurgical Coal Sales H1 FY21 quality coal products into 4% Japan premium Asian markets 2%2% 2% 8%

  15. Slide 15: Maules Creek

    Maules Creek For personal use only Operational improvement Managed ROM Coal Production (Mt) Managed ROM production for H1 FY21 Guidance 24% at 5.2Mt ROM vs pcp of 4.2Mt range 11.8-12.4Mt • At the end of the half Maules Creek H2 operated through one of the wettest Decembers on record to deliver a 11.

  16. Slide 16: Narrabri

    Narrabri For personal use only H1 FY21 impacted by geological challenges Managed ROM Coal Production (Mt) Managed ROM production for H1 FY21 30% at 2.6Mt ROM vs pcp of 2.0Mt • During the half the longwall mined through Guidance range a faulted section of LW109 that resulted in 5.4-6.0Mt reduced prod

  17. Slide 17: Gunnedah open cuts

    Gunnedah open cuts For personal use only Smoothing annual production Managed ROM Coal Production (Mt) Managed ROM production for H1 FY21 35% at 1.8Mt ROM vs pcp of 1.3Mt • The increase reflects improved ROM coal Guidance production at both operating mines, Tarrawonga range and Werris Creek, reflecti

  18. Slide 18: Growth opportunities and optionality

    Growth opportunities and optionality For personal use only Whitehaven has multiple options to grow its business of long life mines Assets Approved Production1 LOM • Mine ramping up to 16Mtpa ROM with the roll out of AHS2, Maules Creek 13Mtpa ROM >35 years commencement of in-pit dumping and 16Mtpa mo

  19. Slide 19: Financial highlights

    Financial highlights For personal use only Profit and Loss ($m) H1 FY21 H1 FY20 Comment COVID’s impact on coal prices offsets improved EBITDA 37.2 177.3 operational performance Net (loss)/profit after tax (94.5) 27.4 Cash generated from operations 54.9 122.3 Dividends (cps) - 1.5 Dividend policy 20%

  20. Slide 20: Profit and Loss

    Profit and Loss For personal use only COVID’s impact on coal prices eclipsed improved operational performance Financial Performance – A$ millions H1 FY21 H1 FY20 Revenue 699.3 885.1 Other income 1.6 1.4 Operating expenses (362.9) (338.6) Coal purchases (65.9) (127.4) Rail, Port, Marketing and Royalt

  21. Slide 21: EBITDA vs pcp

    EBITDA vs pcp For personal use only $m Realised Prices H1 FY21 H1 FY20 Thermal (USD/t) 55 70 200 Metallurgical (USD/t) 75 94 FX H1 FY21 H1 FY20 150 AUD:USD 0.72 0.68 100 177 (197) (10) 50 48 37 - 18 -50 H1 FY20 Price (net of royalties) Sales Volume Costs Other H1 FY21 and FX 20

  22. Slide 22: Project STRIVE update

    Project STRIVE update For personal use only A two year program to embed cost savings into our business Initiatives include: Initiatives include: • Improved • CHPP recovery Expected cost productivity at load • Train load out savings and haul optimization (per sales of own coal): • Reduction in • Intr

  23. Slide 23: Drivers of D&A and net interest expense

    Drivers of D&A and net interest expense For personal use only H1 FY21 H1 FY20 Drivers Depreciation & amortisation $138.2m $116.1m • Increase driven by higher ROM production, the new Tarrawonga fleet, renewed lease arrangements and capitalised major rebuilds of the operating fleet D&A per tonne (sale

  24. Slide 24: Financing

    Financing For personal use only Diversified sources of capital Senior debt facility ECA2 Leased equipment Bank guarantees3 as at 31 December as at 31 December as at 31 December as at 31 December $688.0m drawn $63.1m $307.4m $446.2m drawn • $1bn syndicated facility • Average tenor of 8 years • Tenor

  25. Slide 25: Net debt and liquidity

    Net debt and liquidity For personal use only 31 Dec 2020 30 June 2020 • Available liquidity of $411.8m at 31 Dec 2020 $m $m • Undrawn senior debt facility of $312m Senior secured bank facility (drawn) 688.0 638.0 • Cash of $99.8m ECA1 63.1 68.1 • Increase of $50m in senior drawn debt driven by Finan

  26. Slide 26: Investing - capital expenditure

    Investing - capital expenditure For personal use only Sustaining PP&E Growth Projects $37m $18m Operating mine • Sustaining capex • Water security projects • Land purchases • Maules Creek AHS • Narrabri mains • Vickery expansion Growth projects • Winchester South • Narrabri Stage 3 Extension 25

  27. Slide 27: Guidance for FY21

    WW Working For personal use only Guidance for FY21

  28. Slide 28: FY2021 production, sales & cost guidance

    FY2021 production, sales & cost guidance For personal use only FY21 FY21 H1 FY21 Key Elements updated previous Comments actual guidance guidance Managed ROM Coal Production Mt 9.6 21.0 – 22.5 21.0 – 22.5 Unchanged Maules Creek Mt 5.2 11.8 – 12.4 11.8 – 12.4 Unchanged Narrabri Mt 2.6 5.4 – 6.0 5.4 –

  29. Slide 29: FY2021 capital expenditure guidance

    FY2021 capital expenditure guidance For personal use only H1 FY21 FY21 updated FY21 previous Key Elements Comments actual guidance guidance Sustaining Capital $m 19 35 – 40 30 – 35 Underground and open cut, land Major rebuilds previously funded in lease $m 15 20 – 25 30 – 35 refinance Narrabri Mains

  30. Slide 30: Continued Focus CY21

    Continued Focus CY21 For personal use only Continue to improve operational performance and discipline driving improved productivity and lower costs • Improved safety and environmental performance • Operational focus • Build on early STRIVE initiatives and embed in operations • Retire debt 29

  31. Slide 31: Appendices

    For personal use only Appendices WW Working

  32. Slide 32: Gunnedah Basin and expanding to Bowen Basin

    Gunnedah Basin and expanding to Bowen Basin For personal use only Whitehaven is the largest independent producer of high CV coal in Australia Winchester South will increase Whitehaven’s metallurgical coal production 31

  33. Slide 33: Unit cost calculation

    Unit cost calculation For personal use only The unit cost can be calculated off the face of the P&L. It includes operating expenses, selling & distribution expenses, administration expenses and share based payment expenses. Coal purchases, royalties, depreciation & amortisation, FX and significant i

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