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AtlanticCopperCathodeCashUnitCost
PerPoundOf฀Copper
Atlantic฀Copper฀cathode฀cash฀unit฀cost฀per฀pound฀of฀copper฀฀
is฀a฀measureintendedto฀provide฀investors฀with฀information
about฀the฀costs฀it฀incurs฀to฀produce฀cathodes฀at฀its฀smelting฀
operations฀in฀Spain.We฀use฀this฀measure฀for฀the฀same฀purpose฀
andfor฀monitoringoperating฀performanceatAtlantic
Copper’s฀smelting฀operations.฀This฀information฀differs฀from฀
measures฀of฀performance฀determined฀in฀accordance฀with฀
generally฀accepted฀accounting฀principles฀andshould฀not฀be฀
considered฀inisolation฀or฀as฀a฀substitute฀for฀measures฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀
of฀performance฀determined฀in฀accordance฀with฀generally฀
accepted฀accountingprinciples.฀Othersmelting฀companies฀
present฀this฀measure,฀although฀Atlantic฀Coppers฀measure฀may
notbe฀comparable฀to฀similarly฀titled฀measures฀reportedby฀
other฀companies.฀The฀reconciliation฀belowpresentsreported
production฀costs฀for฀our฀smelting฀and฀refining฀segment
(Atlantic฀Copper)฀andsubtracts฀or฀adds฀components฀of฀those
costs฀that฀do฀not฀directly฀relate฀to฀theprocess฀ofconverting฀
copper฀concentrates฀tocathodes.฀The฀adjusted฀production฀
costs฀amountsare฀used฀tocalculate฀Atlantic฀Copper’s฀
cathode฀cash฀unit฀cost฀per฀pound฀of฀copper฀(in฀thousands,฀
except฀per฀pound฀amounts):
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
฀55฀|฀2005฀ANNUAL฀REPORT฀฀฀FINANCIAL฀&OPERATINGINFORMATION
PTSmeltingCathodeCashUnitCost
PerPoundOf฀Copper
PT฀Smelting฀cathode฀cash฀unit฀costper฀pound฀ofcopperis฀a฀
measure฀intended฀to฀provideinvestors฀with฀information
about฀the฀costs฀it฀incurs฀to฀produce฀cathodes฀at฀its฀smelting฀
operationsin฀Indonesia.฀We฀use฀this฀measure฀for฀thesame฀
purpose฀and฀for฀monitoringoperating฀performanceat฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀
PT฀Smelting’s฀smelting฀operations.฀This฀information฀differs฀฀฀฀฀
from฀measures฀of฀performance฀determined฀in฀accordance฀
with฀generally฀accepted฀accounting฀principles฀and฀should฀฀฀฀฀฀
notbe฀considered฀in฀isolation฀or฀asa฀substitute฀for฀measures
of฀performance฀determined฀inaccordance฀with฀generally฀
accepted฀accounting฀principles.฀Other฀smelting฀companies฀
present฀this฀measure,฀although฀PT฀Smelting’s฀measure฀may฀
not฀be฀comparable฀to฀similarly฀titled฀measures฀reported฀by฀
other฀companies.฀The฀calculation฀below฀presents฀PT฀
Smelting’s฀reportedoperating฀costs฀and฀subtractsor฀adds฀
componentsof฀those฀costs฀that฀do฀not฀directly฀relate฀to฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀
theprocess฀of฀converting฀copper฀concentrates฀to฀cathodes.฀
PT฀Smelting’s฀operating฀costsare฀then฀reconciled฀to฀PT
Freeport฀Indonesia’s฀equity฀in฀PT฀Smelting฀earnings฀reported฀
in฀our฀consolidated฀financial฀statements฀(inthousands,฀
except฀per฀pound฀amounts):
Years฀Ended฀December฀31,฀ 2005฀ 2004฀ 2003
Smelting฀and฀refining฀segment฀production฀costs฀reported฀in฀FCX’sconsolidated฀
฀ financial฀statements $฀1,288,610฀ $฀ 914,452a $฀ 892,681
฀ Less:
฀฀ ฀ Raw฀material฀purchase฀costs (907,130)฀ ฀(249,689)฀ (384,347)
฀ ฀ Production฀costs฀of฀wire฀rod฀and฀wire฀ ฀ —b (370,431)฀ ฀ (66,106)
฀ ฀ Production฀costs฀of฀anodes฀sold (13,226) (3,720) ฀ (13,124)
฀ ฀ Currency฀hedging฀ —฀ ฀ 9,625
฀ ฀ Other ฀ (958) ฀ (16,771)฀ (1,459)
฀ Credits:
฀ ฀ Gold฀and฀silverrevenues฀ (245,772)(133,960)฀ ฀(326,948)
฀ ฀ Acid฀and฀other฀by-product฀revenues฀ (28,446) ฀ (25,068) ฀ (20,566)
Production฀costs฀used฀in฀calculatingcathode฀cash฀unit฀cost฀per฀pound฀฀ $฀ 93,078 $฀ 114,813 $฀ 89,756
Pounds฀of฀cathode฀produced฀ ฀ 545,300 ฀ 454,700฀ ฀ 544,700
Cathode฀cash฀unit฀cost฀per฀pound฀ $฀ 0.17฀ $ 0.25 $฀ 0.16
a.฀ Includes฀$27.5฀million,฀$0.06฀perpound,for฀costs฀related฀to฀Atlantic฀Copper’smajor฀maintenance฀turnaround.
b.฀ Atlantic฀Copper฀sold฀itswire฀rod฀and฀wire฀assets฀in฀December฀2004.