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Mozal Aluminium Update
South32 Limited
(Incorporated in Australia under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth))
(ACN 093 732 597)
ASX / LSE / JSE Share Code: S32; ADR: SOUHY
ISIN: AU000000S320
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MOZAL ALUMINIUM UPDATE
South32 Limited (ASX / LSE / JSE: S32; ADR: SOUHY) (South32) provides the following update regarding Mozal Aluminium (Mozal).
Further to our announcement released 14 July 2025, we have continued to engage with the Government of the Republic of
Mozambique, Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) and Eskom on securing sufficient and affordable electricity supply to enable
Mozal to operate beyond March 2026, when the current agreement expires.
These engagements do not provide confidence that Mozal will secure sufficient and affordable electricity beyond March 2026. As a
result, we will limit investment in Mozal, stopping pot relining and standing down associated contractors starting this month.
Without access to sufficient and affordable electricity, we expect that Mozal will be placed on care and maintenance at the end of
the current agreement.
Mozal's FY26 production is expected to be approximately 240kt (South32 share) reflecting fewer pots in operation as we stop pot
relining and operations continuing only to March 2026.
We have completed our previously announced carrying value assessment of Mozal given the increased uncertainty regarding future
electricity supply. As a result, we will recognise an impairment of US$372M (same amount post tax) for Mozal with our FY25 financial
results, which includes US$339M of property, plant and equipment, US$7M of intangible assets and US$26M of raw materials and
consumables. The impairment reflects our assessment that the most likely scenario is for Mozal to operate until the end of the current
electricity supply agreement and be placed on care and maintenance in March 2026. The impairment reduces Mozal's carrying value
to US$68M, with the impairment to be excluded from FY25 Underlying earnings, in accordance with our accounting policies.
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