Investor Presentaiton
FY23 external factors impacting Whitehaven
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Supply & demand
factors
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HCV coal in high demand
for baseload supply
through energy transition
HCV trade flow changes
reflect impact of Russian
coal sanctions
Increasing diversification
of WHC markets for HCV
thermal coal
Metallurgical market
volatility supported
switching of our SSCC
products to thermal sales
Record gC NEWC
prices
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WHC's achieved thermal
coal price of US$305/t
(+1% to gC NEWC
average of US$302/t)
WHC's overall average
achieved coal prices of
A$445/t for FY23
Strong price support due
to supply/demand
imbalance and weather-
related supply disruptions
Maximised thermal coal
sales in FY23 to optimise
price realisation
Weather events
Severe weather / flooding
impacted our assets in
H1 with lingering affects
in H2
Access cut off to WHC's
open cut operations with
site access cut off for
24 days at Maules Creek,
17 days at Tarrawonga
and 36 days for coal
haulage to CHPP
Weather impacts were
industry wide, with total
Port of Newcastle
exports down 15% in
FY23 to 132Mt
Labour constraints
and cost inflation
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Ongoing labour
constraints in a
competitive environment
and absenteeism is an
industry pain point
Strategic measures,
including incentives, to
attract and retain staff are
delivering improvements
Higher unit costs due to
inflationary impacts
across the business as
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