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Kumba - production report and trading statement
Overview of Q4 2025 and the full year 2025
- Fatality free record now exceeds nine years at Sishen and two years at Kolomela.
- Production increased by 10% to 8.6 Mt in Q4 2025 (Q4 2024: 7.8 Mt), with full year output up by 1% to 36.1 Mt.
- Sales softened to 8.7 Mt in Q4 2025 (Q4 2024: 9.1 Mt), while increasing by 2% to 37.0 Mt for the year.
- Total finished stock remained unchanged at 7.5 Mt in Q4 2025 with 5.7 Mt on-mine and 1.8 Mt at port (Q4 2024: 7.4 Mt; 6.9 Mt on-mine; 0.5 Mt at port).
- Kumba achieved an average realised free-on-board (FOB) export iron ore price of USD95 per wet metric tonne (wmt) (2024: USD92/wmt), outperforming the iron ore FOB benchmark price of USD85/wmt (2024: USD89/wmt) by 12%.
Kumba is finalising its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025 (the period). Further information will be provided in the 2025 annual results, which will be released on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) on 19 February 2026.
Headline earnings for the period are expected to be between R13.856 million and R15.330 million. Headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the period are expected to be between R43.22 and R47.81, an increase of between 11% and 23% from the year ended 31 December 2024 (comparative period, announced on SENS on 18 February 2025).
Basic earnings for the period are expected to be between R13.734 million and R15.195 million. Basic earnings per share (EPS) for the period are expected to be between R42.83 and R47.39, reflecting a change ranging from a decrease of 7% to an increase of 3% from the comparative period.
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