Higher global demand for coal in the post-COVID economy has seen South African-focused producer MC Mining lift Dec half-year (H1FY22) revenue to $US13M, from $8.8M in the previous corresponding period.
Lower sales of 107,953t ROM coal (H1FY21: 127,534t) high-quality metallurgical and thermal coal mine from its Uitkomst mine were offset by the increase in prices to $109/t ($62/t) against production costs of $85/t ($54/t). An additional 11,655t high-ash middlings (11,569t) were sold.
MC Mining posted a gross profit of $2.1M (loss $0.4M) and after tax loss of $0.8M ($2.7M).