The cut and paste below is from an article on the about to be...

The cut and paste below is from an article on the about to be re-opened Woodlawn copper and zinc mine headed up by legendary miner Bill Beamont of Northern Star fame. The paragraph relates to a Trifagura finance and off take agreement for copper and zinc. It has implications for AL's decision on re-opening the Jaguar Mine in W.A.

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Debt deal as good as done
Global commodities trader Trafigura has agreed to provide a A$100 million facility to help fund Woodlawn.
“The ink is about to dry on this so we’re very, very close to actually signing final documents, and then we draw down on that A$100 million within five days,” Beament said.
The Trafigura partnership also includes a five-year offtake agreement, which Beament said had “amazing terms”.
“When you play in base metals, you want someone that takes your product in good and bad times. You don’t want the ship rocking up and not taking your product.”

Beament said treatment and refining costs in copper were currently zero and zinc smelters were paying miners to take their concentrates, which was “unheard of”.

“[Trafigura], the second biggest zinc trader in the world, just bought half the LME warehouse of zinc in one foul swoop and they’ve got more information than everyone in this room about what’s going to happen,” he said.
“So they’re the warning signs I look at and go, holy shit, I need to be in zinc production very soon.”