Well positioned for a buyout, and that's not even counting all of their coal sale money!
Teck Resources Ltd expects to generate annual earnings before interest, depreciation, tax and amortization (EBITDA) of $3 billion if copper prices hit $5 per pound, CEO Jonathan Price said on Tuesday.
For Vancouver, Canada-based Teck, copper is the main driver of profitability after it sold its steel-making coal business to a consortium of buyers led by Swiss miner Glencore for $8.9 billion last year.
Price, speaking at the Bank of America Metals, Mining and Steels conference in Miami, gave a range of predictions for Teck’s annual EBITDA at different copper prices, the lowest being $2 billion if copper trades at $4 per pound.
https://www.mining.com/web/teck-sees-3bn-in-annual-ebitda-if-copper-stays-around-current-levels/