Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd

Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd (Solid Energy) is New Zealand's largest coal mining company and an investor in research and commercialisation of sustainable forms of energy that use coal, coal seam gas, biomass, biodiesel and solar. Solid Energy’s core mining business includes hard coking coal, primarily for export to steel mills throughout Asia, and thermal coal for the Huntly power station and other domestic customers in the steel, dairy and cement industries.

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Disclosures

Key Documents

16 Mar 2012 Half Yearly Report 2011: senz-hy-11.pdf (407 KB)
21 Dec 2011Letter from the Minister for State Owned Enterprises: 2012/13 Shareholder Expectations of State Owned Enterprises: senz-le-12.pdf (360 KB)
22 Dec 2011 2011 Valuation Reports
22 Dec 2011 Annual Report 2010/11 (Solid Energy website)
20 Nov 2010Annual Report 2009/10: senz-ar-09-10.pdf (7322 KB)
20 Nov 2010Half Yearly Report 2009: senz-hy-09.pdf (473 KB)
20 Nov 2010Statement of Corporate Intent 2010: senz-sci-10.pdf (1205 KB)

KPI

Key Financial Performance Indicators - Solid Energy

2011 Achievements Against SCI Targets

2010/11 Target

2010/11 Achieved

Variance

Markets Sales units Coal (Mt) 4.7 4.1 (0.6)
    Pellets (kt) 58 49 (9)
    Biodiesel (Ml as blended product) 2.0 2.1 0.1
    CSG Gas (TJ) 151 N/A (151)
    UCG Gas (TJ) 121 N/A (121)
    Briquettes (kt) 6.5 N/A (6.5)
Operations Production Units Coal (Mt) 4.2 4.0 (0.2)
    Pellets (kt) 58 46 (12)
    Biodiesel (Ml as B100) 2.0 1.8 (0.2)
    CSG Gas (TJ) 151 N/A (151)
    UCG Gas (TJ) 121 N/A (121)
    Briquettes (kt) 6.5 N/A (6.5)
Dividend paid ($M) 20 20 0
Dividend Yield [1] 0.6% 0.6% 0
Dividend Payout [2] 15% 16% 1%
Return on Equity [3] 13% 18% 5%
Profitability Operating Margin [4] 17% 24% (7%)
Return on Assets [5] 11% 13% 2%
Return on Capital Employed [6] 15% 20% 5%
Gearing Ratio (times) [7] 37% 30% (7%)
Interest Cover [8] 9.8 16.1 6.3
Current Ratio [9] 149% 201% 52%
Capital Investment ($M) (excluding Spring Creek Mine) 222 115 (107)
All Injury Frequency Rate [10] 21 23.3 (2.3)
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate [11] 4.7 7.5 (3.2)
Annual Net Environmental Effect (NEE) [12] +2.5% (+6) -1 (3.5)
Cumulative historical NEE [13] -252 -259 (7)
Regulatory, abatement and enforcement notices 0 0 0
Mine Footprint (ha) 1,683 1,656 27
Customer Performance Score [14] 90% 83% (7%)
Public Reputation Survey Score [15] 80% 79% (1%)

Figures equity account for 51% of Spring Creek Mining Company except for production which shows 100% of SCMC production.

  1. Dividends paid / Average value
  2. Dividends paid / Net cash flow from operating activities
  3. Net profit after tax / Average shareholders' equity
  4. EBITDA / Revenue
  5. EBIT / Average assets
  6. EBIT / Average capital employed
  7. Net debt / (Net debt + equity)
  8. EBITDA / Interest expense
  9. Current assets / Current liabilities
  10. Number of injuries per 1,000,000 hours requiring first aid or greater treatment
  11. Number of injuries per 1,000,000 hours resulting in more than one lost work day or shift
  12. Solid Energy's Net Environmental Effect (NEE) score assessing 16 separate environmental factors
  13. Solid Energy's cumulative historical NEE score assessing 16 separate environmental factors
  14. Annual independent survey of Solid Energy customers scoring good to excellent
  15. Annual independent survey of New Zealand public scoring neutral to very good

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Financials

Ratio

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

Total Shareholder Return (TSR) (%)N/AN/A50.05.326.7521.8(15.9)37.3 (14.7)
Dividend Yield (%)N/A4.00.05.30.00.02.21.9 (0.7)
Dividend Payout (%)0.022.80.026.50.00.046.8 85.2 22.1
Adjusted ROE (%)N/A22.53.942.833.610.2 32.8 16.0 18.8
ROCE (%)N/A32.25.050.0 46.5 15.8 45.4 21.7 22.0
Operating Margin (%)20.213.016.730.0 23.6 18.1 28.4 24.2 24.0
Generator EfficiencyN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A N/A
Net Gearing (%)0.00.014.116.15.0 9.4 13.8 34.4 29.6
Interest Cover (%)N/A110.9140.0163.18 32.6 28.9 152.0 37.8 17.9
Solvency1.961.741.301.412.45 1.66 1.74 1.23 2.02
 
Revenue Growth (5 yr) (%)         10.2
Dividend Growth (5 yr) (%)         N/A

Financial Performance measures for SOEs: fpm-soes.pdf (40 KB)

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