• Hengjaya Nickel

USD
million
2023 Revenue
USD
/tonne
2023 Avg Cash Cost
tonnes
2023 NPI Production
tonnes
2023 Nickel Metal Production

Hengjaya Nickel Project – 80% interest Nickel Industries

Nickel Industries holds an 80% interest in the Hengjaya Nickel Project via its 80% interest in the share capital of Hengjaya Holdings Private Limited (‘Hengjaya Holdings’), a Singaporean incorporated intermediary company which owns 100% PT Hengjaya Nickel Industry (‘Hengjaya Nickel’), an Indonesian incorporated RKEF special purpose vehicle which constructed, owns and operates the Hengjaya Nickel Project. The Hengjaya Nickel Project is a 2-line Rotary Kiln Electric Furnace (‘RKEF’) plant constructed within the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (‘IMIP’).

Nickel Industries originally acquired a 25% in the Project for US$50 million, in April 2018. Following the successful completion of Nickel Industries’ IPO in August 2018, in accordance with its rights under its Collaboration and Subscription Agreement (‘CSA’), the Company acquired a further 35% in the issued capital of Hengjaya Holdings for US$70 million. The purchase price was fully funded by proceeds from the Company’s IPO. Nickel Industries had a call option until 30 November 2020 to increase its ownership of Hengjaya Holdings up to 80% for an additional amount of up US$60 million, an option which it exercised in June 2020.

USD
million
2023 Revenue
USD
/tonne
2023 Avg Cash Cost
tonnes
2023 NPI Production
tonnes
2023 Nickel Metal Production

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The table below shows production statistics for
Hengjaya Nickel in 2021:

HENGJAYA NICKEL
 
Mar ’21 Quarter
Jun ’21 Quarter
Sept ’21 Quarter
Dec ’21 Quarter
Total
NPI Production
tonnes
36,811
36,928
36,174
39,132
149,045
NPI Grade
%
13.8
13.6
13.8
12.7
13.4
Ni Production
tonnes
5,065
5,008
4,990
4,957
20,020
Cash Costs
US$/t Ni
8,725
9,133
10,429
12,418
10,166
Ni Metal Sold
tonnes
5,031
5,380
4,990
4,957
20,358
Production and cost peformace from the Hengjaya Nickel and Ranger Nickel projects from July to December 2021

Construction and Production

On 31 January 2019, Shanghai Decent, the Company’s operating partner and 40% equity holder in the Hengjaya Nickel Project advised that the first NPI had been produced from the first of Hengjaya Nickel’s two rotary kilns in a maiden production run. On 18 March 2019 the second Hengjaya Nickel kiln also commenced commissioning and produced its first NPI.

Commencement of production at Hengjaya Nickel during the quarter was a milestone for the Company, achieved less than 12 months after ground was broken at the project and is further evidence of Tsingshan’s industry-leading ability to deliver a project in record time and a testament to their commitment, professionalism and work ethic.

By the September 2019 quarter, following the commissioning and ramp-up period across the March and June 2019 quarters, Hengjaya Nickel’s production run rate comfortably was exceeding the nameplate capacity of 1,250t nickel per month (15,000tpa nickel) and the targeted run rate of 1,375t nickel per month (16,500tpa nickel).

In 2020 Hengjaya Nickel produced 145,923 tonnes of NPI, containing 21,514 tonnes of nickel metal equivalent, at an average cash cost of US$7,340/t of nickel. In 2021 Hengjaya Nickel produced 149,045 tonnes of NPI, containing 20,020 tonnes of nickel metal equivalent, at an average cash cost of US$10,166/t of nickel.

Corporate Income Tax Relief

In November 2018 Nickel Industries announced that the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia had granted the Company’s Indonesian operating entity, Hengjaya Nickel material corporate income tax relief for its Hengjaya Nickel Project.

Notice of the tax relief was communicated to the Company by official decree from the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia on the basis that Hengjaya Nickel had “met the criteria and requirements for the reduction of corporate income tax as regulated in Article 3 of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance Number 35/PMK.101/2018 concerning Provision of Corporate Income Tax Reduction Facilities”.

The corporate income tax reduction is as follows:

  • Corporate Income Tax Reduction of 100% for a period of seven tax years, starting from the tax year in which commercial production is achieved;
  • Corporate Income Tax Reduction of 50% of payable income tax for a period of two tax years, starting from the end of the initial seven year period; and
  • Exemption from withholding and tax collection by third parties on sales proceeds that would normally be remitted to the Indonesian Revenue Department for a period of seven years, also commencing from the tax year in which commercial production is achieved.