{"id":8838,"date":"2024-04-26T13:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=8838"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:13:10","slug":"criterion-has-this-stock-been-given-the-right-royal-treatment-it-deserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicherald.net\/?p=8838","title":{"rendered":"CRITERION: Has this stock been given the right royal treatment it deserves?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What commodity is used in many consumer products and most mining processes and is also a \u2018battery mineral\u2019?<\/p>\n

Stop guessing \u2013 the correct answer is lime. The humble calciferous material is used to produce ink, paper, plastics, rubber, sugar, cement and steelmaking and is crucial for soil conditioning and stabilising.<\/p>\n

Lime\u2019s biggest application is in processing metals from concentrates, so it thus plays an unheralded role in batteries and electrification.<\/p>\n

Currently most of Australia\u2019s lime needs are serviced by faraway Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese suppliers. But Mayur Resources (ASX:MRL)<\/a> is about to change all that with its Central Lime Project (CLP) near the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby.<\/p>\n

Mayur this week secured a $US115 million ($235m) debt package from UK private equity firm Appian Capital Advisory, thus fully funding the first stanza of the two-phase venture.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Sir Mick Davis-led Vision Blue Resources chipped in $US40 million of equity for a 49 per cent stake in the project. The knight of the realm is well known as the former head of miner Xstrata, the owner of Mt Isa Mines which was taken over by Swiss giant Glencore.<\/p>\n

In the first phase CLP is expected to produce 400,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of low-emissions quick and hydrated lime, as well as 500,000 tpa of raw limestone. <\/p>\n

The funding includes $US22 million for two additional kilns to double production \u2013 with concomitant economies of scale.<\/p>\n

Half of the output will supply PNG, which has a large metals processing sector. The rest will be shipped to Australia at a considerable freight advantage relative to the far-flung Asian suppliers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone has invested in a lime kiln on the east coast for over 30 years,\u201d Mayur executive director Tim Crossley says. \u201cThere is huge demand and the lime market needs to be filled by someone, somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project is expected to be carbon neutral in a sector that has a heavy carbon footprint, with this status achieved by measures such as renewables and the use of on-site hybrid vehicles.<\/p>\n

Costed at around $US90 million, phase one is forecast to deliver revenue of $US1.518 billion and underlying earnings of $771 million over a 30-year life.<\/p>\n

Initial work on the project is underway, with first production expected in about 18 months.<\/p>\n

In the second phase costed at $US250 million, the project turns to cement and clinker making. According to Mayur CEO Paul Mulder, the company will benefit from having control of the production and distribution chain \u2013 in contrast to the current \u2018local\u2019 players who need to source their material from third parties.<\/p>\n

Resource consultancy Wood Mackenzie forecasts a 6.8 million tonne regional lime supply shortfall by 2031, when demand is projected to reach about 32 million tonnes compared with 22mt currently.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the quicklime price has jumped from around $US90-100\/t pre-Covid, to $140-160\/t (excluding freight costs). This is above Mayur\u2019s long-term assumption of $US100\/t.
\nMayur will be the only ASX-listed lime exposure after the expected takeovers of both AdBri (ASX:ABC) and Boral (ASX:BLD).<\/p>\n

Import pressures are mounting: in July 2020, AdBri shares slumped 25 per cent after customer Alcoa changed to a Thai supplier.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are comfortable we can match it with the best-quality product coming out of Asia,\u201d Crossley says.<\/p>\n

He adds the 200 million tonne-plus resource should underpin a long life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no reason why this project can\u2019t be producing lime in 100 years\u2019 time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayur stock did little in the wake of Monday\u2019s well-flagged funding announcement, but the stock has surged a sub-lime 25 per cent over the last six months.
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