OM Holdings Limited is an integrated manganese and silicon company. We are engaged in the business of mining and trading raw ores, as well as the smelting and marketing of processed ferroalloys.
With an established history of over 20 years in the industry, OMH are listed on the ASX and capture value across the entire process chain through operations in Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa.
Our latest project is a greenfield smelter complex in Sarawak, which successfully commenced production in 2014.
Today, the Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of manganese ores and ferroalloys, and seeks to be the main ferroalloy supply partner to major steel mills and other industries.
Through our global trading network, we distribute products from our Asia- pacific base to customers around the world.
OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (“OM Sarawak”) and OM Materials (Samalaju) Sdn Bhd (“OM Samalaju”), both 75:25 joint ventures between OMH and Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (“CMSB”), a conglomerate listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, is the owner of the Ferroalloy Smelting Project in Sarawak, Malaysia (the “Plant”).
The Plant consists of 8 main workshops with a total of 16 units of 25.5 MVA furnaces, of which 10 furnaces are allocated for the production of ferrosilicon and 6 units have been modified to produce manganese alloys.
The Plant has a design production capacity of 200,000 to 210,000 tonnes of ferrosilicon and 250,000 to 300,000 tonnes of manganese alloys per annum. The Plant also consists of a sinter plant that has a design capacity to produce 250,000 tonnes of sinter ore per annum.
The handover phase for the expansion projects commenced in 2019 and included sheltered warehouses, sinter plant and a laboratory with all completed in 2020. Hot commissioning and performance testing of the sinter plant commenced in early October 2020. The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and continued global travel restrictions imposed had consequently limited contractors’ activities for the onsite commissioning of the sinter plant, which resulted in a longer than expected commissioning and performance testing period. Full commercial production of sintered manganese ore was originally targeted to commence in 1H 2021, but may be deferred subject to final acceptance of equipment condition.
To align with long-term trends in the ferroalloy market and to generate the highest return per furnace over the full price cycle, the Company decided to convert two idled ferrosilicon furnaces to produce manganese alloys during Q4 2020. Contracts were awarded and the equipment was shipped out from China in December 2020. Equipment and machineries installation works originally scheduled for late Q1 2021 has been deferred to commence in Q3 2021, pending contractors entering Sarawak for equipment installation and performance testing. Meanwhile, excavation works for the two furnace linings were completed in Q1 2021 with civil works currently in progress.
OPERATIONS The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected general economic activity globally. The Malaysian Government has implemented various lockdown measures of varying degrees in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
These measures continue to be reviewed from time to time. As of January 2021, a new lockdown measure (“Movement Control Order 2.0”) was reintroduced following the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia.
The country’s border remains closed to date with strict travel restrictions imposed.
During the year, OM Sarawak experienced manpower constraints as a result of the closure of international borders and the restrictions on applications for new permits to hire foreign skilled workers. The lack of skilled manpower impacted the Plant’s ability to operate at full capacity.
Consequently, 12 out of 16 furnaces were in operation with six furnaces producing ferrosilicon and six furnaces producing manganese alloys.
Of the remaining four ferrosilicon furnaces, two had been idled for the purposes of conversion to produce manganese alloys, with the other two furnaces placed on care and maintenance.
Applications and recruitment of foreign skilled and semi-skilled workers are ongoing. As a long term strategy to localise the workforce, OM Sarawak has been progressively increasing its local workforce contribution through on-the-job training programs especially in smelting operations.
Trained apprentices will work under the supervision of skilled operators to ensure full competency, however this may not be able to alleviate the immediate manpower shortage issues.
Annual production of 167,443 tonnes of ferrosilicon and 227,406 tonnes of manganese alloys, which comprised silicomanganese and high carbon ferromanganese were achieved during the year 2020.
Ferrosilicon production reduced by 27.4% or 63,292 tonnes as compared to 2019 due to reduced production capacity due to the idling of the 4 ferrosilicon furnaces. Manganese alloys production volume decreased by 8.3% or 20,757 tonnes mainly attributed to the changes in the product mix.
Export volumes for ferrosilicon and manganese alloys dropped by approximately 22% or 48,326 tonnes and 3.8% or 9,151 tonnes respectively due to weaker global demand for ferroalloys as well as the downturn in global economic activities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
OM Sarawak benefits from competitively priced and reliable hydropower, direct access to a dedicated port facility, geographical proximity to both raw material sources and East and South East Asian steel mills, tax incentives, and the absence of duties common in alloy markets.
In 2021, OM Sarawak will focus on bringing all idled furnaces back into full production, including the commissioning of the ferrosilicon furnaces that are currently undergoing conversion to produce manganese alloys.
While the expansion project to produce metallic silicon was delayed to conserve capital, the Company has put an emphasis on increasing manganese smelting capacity through the construction of two new 33 MVA manganese furnaces as part of its long term growth strategy.
Obviously malaysia needs foreign company to open up a secondary counter to create more liquity....next time ask google, facebook and amazon to open up too....local stock shld throw them in dustbin....which country so dumb want to invest in local
https://www.bryah.com.au/site/projects/bryah-basin-project Manganese Joint Venture In April 2019 Bryah Resources Limited announced the execution of a manganese Farm-In and Joint Venture Agreement (Agreement) with OM (Manganese) Limited (OMM), a wholly owned subsidiary of ASX-listed OM Holdings Limited (ASX:OMH).
OM Holdings Limited is a vertically integrated Manganese and Silicon specialist involved in mining, smelting and trading, with operations located in Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa. In Australia, OMM operates the Bootu Creek manganese mine in the Northern Territory which is due to cease open pit mining operations in 2021.
The Agreement applies to approximately 660km2 of the Company’s Bryah Basin Project in central Western Australia, including the historic Horseshoe South Manganese Mine.
Between April and August 2019, OMM funded $500,000 of project expenditure which yielded highly encouraging manganese drilling results. In August 2019, OMM secured an initial 10% interest in the Manganese Joint Venture (“JV”), following payment of a $250,000 Exercise Fee.
Under Stage 2 of the Agreement, OMM can elect to progressively fund the next $2.0 million of exploration expenditure in four tranches of $500,000 each, to earn up to a 51% interest in the Manganese JV by 30 June 2022.
In June 2020, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, OMM completed funding $500,000 in project expenditure under Tranche 1, to increase its initial JV interest from 10% to 20%. OMM has formally elected to increase its JV interest to 30% under Tranche 2, funding an additional $500,000 of project expenditure.
Bryah may elect for OMM to fund the next $1.8 million of project expenditure for OMM to earn a 60% Joint Venture Interest. Thereafter Bryah may elect for OMM to fund an additional $2.5 million of project expenditure for OMM to earn a 70% Joint Venture Interest.
The aim of the JV is to explore for commercially mineable manganese and carry out Feasibility Studies. If a positive Feasibility Study is supported by a Decision to Mine, then OMM and Bryah may elect to participate in a Mining Joint Venture in proportion to their JV interests or convert to a Royalty. Bryah is to negotiate a Sales Agency Agreement on commercial terms with OM Holdings Ltd in respect to all manganese ore production under the Mining JV.
The JV includes an area of Mutual Interest which extends for a radius of 100 kilometres from the Horseshoe South Manganese Mine (M52/806).
Investors look at usd100m profits, not aud1.8m explorations. By talking about this small investment, you confuse the picture only. Usd600m investment in Malaysia is not a small sum. I think few foreign investors pour in such big sums unless it is oil and gas. Focus on that if you want Malaysian investors attention. I think Malaysians are more likely to welcome more Malaysia investments.
Look at the asx prices languishing before this KLSE listing tells you Aussie investors dont like an ASX listco investing usd600m in Malaysia. And if you list in Malaysia, you think Malaysians like to hear you talk about Aussie mines?
So? Point is OM seek KLSE listing because it invested usd600m in Malaysia, more than many local giants in recent years, and Malaysian investors should support that, Aussie investors hate that. Top Glove is already supported in KLSE, seeking secondary support other places is ok but dont expect a lot of support.
OM uses hydropower for its smelting and that is good for climate change. China is stopping many coal powered factories, so its profits will be good for years. Sarawak will be key, and hopefully OM can grow its Malaysia operations, good for Malaysian jobs.
agree on the Hydro power part, though ore cost remain small part, but no ore, the rest is bull shit. which is why securing mineral source at sustainable cost is the most important in this business.
limit up too soon = become speculation.
OMH is not PMETAL, at least not yet, cannot compare.
jokers2020, the key to OM is whether China follows through on climate change promises. if they shut down coal powered alloys plants, OM will boom because that is the majority of China production, over 60%! If they dont, prices of alloys will fall.
manganese is freely available and plenty of supply. useful to omh but not critical. the important thing ahead is climate change and China supply is mostly coal power, making Sarawak hydro power cost effective, that drives usd100m profits, not manganese costs which is a freely trade commodity.
SERBADK] Change In Substantial Shareholder's Shareholding - EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD on 25-Jun-2021 Stock [SERBADK]: SERBA DINAMIK HOLDINGS BHD Announcement Date 25-Jun-2021 Substantial Shareholder's Particular: Name EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD Details of Changes: Currency - Date of Change Type Number of Shares 22-Jun-2021 Disposed 34,000,000 Registered Name CITIGROUP NOMINEES (TEMPATAN) SDN BHD EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND BOARD Nature of Interest Direct Interest 22-Jun-2021 Disposed 659,000 Registered Name CITIGROUP NOMINEES (TEMPATAN) SDN BHD EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FD BD (AM INV) Nature of Interest Direct Interest Nature of Interest Direct Interest Shares Ordinary Shares. Reason i. Disposal of shares in open market. Total no of securities after change Direct (units) 283,119,600 Direct (%) 7.63 Indirect (units) 0 Indirect (%) 0.00 Total (units) 283,119,600 Total (%) 7.63 Date of Notice 23-Jun-2021
The fundamental for OMH is still strong given the FeSi alloy price is now US$1,900-2000!!! This will mean OMH will be making close to GPM of 100%. This is an all time high for FeSi since the Sarawak factory has been in operation. Even in 2018 when OMH share price hit $1.70, FeSi is only trading at high of US$1,700++ (average of US$1,400 for whole of 2018). We are now waiting for OMH announcement that the Sarawak factory is being put back into production, which could be any time soon. Hopefully this can drive back more buying interest for those investors who understand the fundamental of this company.
At 75% capacity, OMH produces (i) 130K ton/pa FeSi (making GPM of US$900/ton i.e. total US$117m), (ii) 250K ton/pa MnSI (making GPM US$500/ton i.e. total US$125m) Total GPM of US$242m per year
At 100% capacity, OMH produces (i) 170K ton/pa FeSi (making GPM of US$900/ton i.e. total US$153m), (ii) 330K ton/pa MnSI (making GPM US$500/ton i.e. total US$165m) Total GPM of US$318m per year
Current Market cap is only A$630m , it is only PE of 3-5x
Key risks Prolonged operational disruptions. Given OMH’s reliance on OMS as a key earnings driver, a longer-than-expected suspension of operations due to recurring COVID-19 positive cases amongst employees, persisting labour movement restrictions, and/or delays in vaccinations may impact the group’s performance beyond 1H21. This may also hold back OMS’ plant upgrading works due to the need for foreign contractors to kick-start the commissioning of its manganese alloy furnace conversions
On Track For Recovery OMH’s production output for 2Q21 is in line with our expectation given the temporary operational halt in June. We believe the company is on track for recovery on the back of the upswing in commodity prices, amid strong demand due to economic reopening and structural supply shortage caused by the global decarbonisation trend. It is a major recovery play in 2022, as production will recover once the lockdown is lifted. Maintain BUY with a target price of RM3.27.
WHAT’S NEW • Expect gradual recovery in quarters ahead. After the 5-week temporary suspension, OM Sarawak was granted approval on 5 July to resume operations under strict SOPs with additional COVID-19 precautionary measures in place. Operations have recommenced with an initial four furnaces in early-July. Production has subsequently ramped up in stages, with 12 out of 16 furnaces (six FeSi and six Mn alloy) currently in production. The remaining four furnaces are still idle and will only be restarted once manpower constraints have been alleviated. This is within our expectation as we believe OM Holdings (OMH) will continue to run with 12 furnaces for the remaining of the year and we expect the borders to be fully reopened in 2022.
• Commodity prices continue to rally. In 2Q21, ferrosilicon (FeSi) and manganese (Mn) alloy prices jumped higher to US$1,920/mt (32.0% qoq, 87.3% yoy) and US$1,545/mt (20.7% qoq, 49.5% yoy) respectively. This was mainly due to the supply shortages caused by stricter emissions policies in China and temporary disruptions in India and at OM Sarawak during the quarter amid strong global demand.
• Firm prices in the long run. We believe the prices may have peaked and will gradually ease in 2H21 on the back of supply recovery and China’s plan to limit the soaring commodity prices. However, in the long run, we believe prices will remain firm, albeit not at the current high, as the global supply cannot catch up with the increasing demand. Hence, we maintain our conservative FeSi and Mn alloy ASP assumptions of US$1,500/US$1,300/US$1,250 and US$1,400/US$1,200/US$1,150 per mt for 2021-23 respectively.
• New supply of Mn ores secured. After 14 months of pre-feasibility study, Element 25 (E25) has completed its first shipment of Mn concentrate (27,000mt) from its Butcherbird Manganese Project in Western Australia to OMH. Note that Butcherbird is Australia's largest onshore manganese resource. Currently, Butcherbird hosts 263m mt of resource, grading at 10% for 20.8m mt of contained manganese. E25 expects to produce 365,000 mt/year of Mn concentrate over a 40-year mine life, with an offtake agreement with OMH for the first five years. This development is in line with our expectation that OMH is able to ensure a sustainable supply of Mn ores moving forward
STOCK IMPACT • Smelting (Malaysia). The production volumes of FeSi and Mn alloy fell to 23,057mt (-40.0% qoq, -47.8% yoy) and 37,691mt (-34.0% qoq, -34.7% yoy) respectively. The decline is within expectation due to the 5-week temporary suspension of smelters in Sarawak, which started from 28 May after active COVID-19 cases were detected at the premise. This brought 1H21 production volumes of FeSi and Mn alloy to 61,472mt and 94,827mt respectively, forming about 53.5% and 55.8% of our full-year forecast. As OMH has gradually ramped up production post-lockdown with 12 furnaces operating as of today, we can expect higher production output in the quarters ahead. Despite the challenging operating environment, we believe the drop in production this year will be partially mitigated by the lofty ferroalloy prices.
• Mining (Australia). The production volume of Mn ores was 203,791mt in 2Q21, down by 14.6% qoq, mainly due to the mining of ores from deeper pits and exposure to substantial groundwater. However, the production is still higher by 7.9% yoy. This brought 1H21 production volume to 414,549mt, forming about 41.5% of our full-year forecast. For 2H21, we believe OMH will boost production as its last mile strategy since the company indicated that Bootu’s mining operations will be concluded end-21 as the reserve life is coming to an end. From 2022 onwards, OMH will obtain its Mn ore supply from E25 for 365,000mt/year and another 250,000mt/year from its Ultra Fines Plant (UFP). Production will be further strengthened once its mining exploration with other mining companies bears fruit in the coming years.
• China and South Africa operations remain intact. The production volume in South Africa (Mn ore) in 2Q21 rose to 814,419mt (2.4% qoq, 54.4% yoy). The yoy jump in China was mainly due to the nationwide lockdown in the country, which resulted in fewer exports in 2Q20. This brought 1H21 production volume to 1,609,879mt, forming about 45.6% of our full-year forecast. While in China (Mn alloy), output jumped to 16,087mt (87.7% qoq, >100% yoy) as production was successfully ramped up with two furnaces in full production in 2Q21. This brought 1H21 production volumes to 24,684mt. Note that OM Qinzhou (OMQ) has just upgraded its furnaces and will have a capacity of 80,000-95,000mt of Mn alloys p.a. moving forward.
• Mining exploration progressing well. Last month, OMH increased its stake in its JV with Bryah Resources, from 48% to 51% by committing another A$500k (so far it has spent A$1.5m) to be used for resource and reconnaissance drilling, mineral resource estimation and beneficiation testwork at its mining exploration in Bryah Basin (central Western Australia). This further signifies that the exploration is showing positive results and can potentially increase OMH’s manganese supply in the near future. However, OMH mentioned that it’s still too early to indicate the target production as it is still in the exploration stage, which is why we have not factored in our valuation yet. Approximate completion date is in 2-3 years’ time.
• Leveraging on growing demand for steel. Ore and alloy outlook move in tandem with the steel industry as they are considered the primary inputs in steel manufacturing with no comparable substitute. According to International Manganese Institute (IMnI), world crude steel production during April and May 21 was 353.5m mt, up 21.3% yoy, indicating a strong rebound from the low base numbers in 2020. As at 2 August, hot rolled coil prices rose 54% yoy (to RM3,849/mt) while bar prices rose 46% yoy (to RM3,589/mt). Even with potential curbs by China, we believe steel supply-demand dynamics should remain favourable to support lofty prices in the long term, albeit not at the current high. Based on China’s official index compiler CFLP Steel Logistics Professional Committee, China’s steel demand may pick up in August, while steel mills may cut down on their output, which will further support steel prices.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION ASX-listed OM Holdings is an integrated manganese player engaged in the mining, smelting, trading and marketing of manganese ores, manganese alloys and ferrosilicon. Its smelting plants in Sarawak operate using lowcost sustainable energy − hydropower.
The Group’s total borrowings decreased from A$415.0 million as at 31 December 2020 to A$398.6 million as at 30 June 2021. The decrease was mainly attributed to the full redemption of the balance of 12.5 million unsecured convertible notes of approximately A$13.9 million in March 2021 and repayments of the Sarawak Project Finance loans during the 6 month period ended 30 June 2021 of approximately US$9.6 million (equivalent to approximately A$12.7 million). This was partially offset by an increase of approximately A$5.1 million in trade facilities utilised as at 30 June 2021. The Group’s total borrowings to equity ratio decreased from 0.89 times as at 31 December 2020 to 0.79 times as at 30 June 2021
Higher Value Add (~Capex A$30 mil) • Conversion to metallic silicon to produce higher value added products • Diversify into aluminium, chemicals, and solar downstream industries • Furnaces still able to produce ferrosilicon for added flexibility
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