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The Dynamic Cost Curve model for iron and manganese ore is a special version of the Dynamic Cost Curve model for base metals. Like the base metals Dynamic Cost Curve model, the iron ore and manganese Dynamic Cost Curves model incorporates all the necessary minecost model routines and actual 2006 data to generate cost curves which re-draw themselves according to the input assumptions chosen by the user. Subsequent updates add new data as it becomes available.
STANDARD FEATURES OF THE DYNAMIC COST CURVE MODEL FOR Fe AND Mn
- Single spreadsheet containing all data and modelling inputs
- Production data and cash costs for individual iron ore and manganese mines
- Production data and cash costs aggregated by production unit (eg CVRD CAEMI System)
- Ability to change all prices and exchange rates
- Ability to change ocean freight rates and destinations to generate CIF cost curves.
- Ability to choose between FOB and CIF cost curves.
- Draw cost curves showing mines or aggregated data by production unit
- Cost curves may be copied into reports or other publications
- Regular updates of cost data as it becomes available.
QUICK DEMONSTRATION OF DYNAMIC COST CURVES
Dynamic Cost Curves give you complete control over all offsite cost inputs that drive the shape of the cost curve. You can also control the way the cost curve displays, and which mines are labelled on the cost curve. The complete dynamic cost curves model comes with data, charts and tables for iron ore and manganese. There are five cost curves for iron ore showing mine to port cost of saleable product lumps, fines and pellets (either FOB or CIF), ROM ore onsite costs, and mine to port ROM ore costs (FOB or CIF). For manganese there are two cost curves showing manganese in concentrate mine to port costs (FOB or CIF) and manganese ROM ore onsite costs.
This example shows the cost curve for iron ore saleable product FOB port (note that data has been changed to obscure actual mines), with labels for all mines producing above 5.0 Mt product.
And this is the cost curve for saleable product on a CIF basis.
This is the CIF cost curve again, but with some of the freight rates changed. The shaded mines are the ones that have changed.
The next curve shows the iron ore mine to FOB port cost curve, using the same assumptions as in the first cost curve.
This is the iron ore mine to FOB port cost curve ranked by major production units/companies.
And here is the same cost curve showing the effect of changes in some exchange rate and prices, with the ranking changes shaded in gray.
To show the ability to control which labels display, we have set the controls to display the mines from one country only.
Dynamic Cost Curves are a great tool for presentations. Assume you want to show a couple of mines on the cost curve drawn on your own price and exchange rate assumptions. Simply plug in your own prices and exchange rate assumptions, use the names display switches to display only the names you want, and then copy the cost curve chart into Paintshop or Photoshop to add colours and copy the result into Powerpoint.
The Dynamic Cost Curves model also generates neatly formatted tables ranking all mines and companies in the sample by cost, with the production unit/company ranking tables also identifying which mines are attributed to each company. All cost curve charts and all the tables may be printed and or copied into other programs.
Registered minecost subscribers may download a free evaluation set of the iron ore dynamic cost curves model.
ORDER DYNAMIC COST CURVES FOR Fe AND Mn
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