@Kalenn have you run some back of paper calculation for IRR or NPV? or have you got the bauxite price calculator for 51-52% product with <2% contaminants. I would like to see some high-level analysis which will be rather handy, I ran some high level numbers through an online calculator and got;
- CAPEX US$150m
- Discount Rate 10%
- US$25/t profit on 10mtpa ($250m/yr)
- 20yr operation
NPV gets me ~US$2.1b
The payback period would be <2years, and the economics would mean financiers would offer very competitive debt note pricing i would think.
