Australian miner Fenix Resources has secured new iron ore hedging contracts for an additional 240,000 tonnes of iron ore between January 2025 and December 2025, Kallanish notes. 

The firm says in a statement that these new hedge contracts for 2025 are additional to the 420,000t of iron ore hedges previously secured for January 2025 and December 2025.

The new contracts add to the company’s existing iron ore hedge book which now comprises a total of 660,000t. This is structured as 80,000t/month from January 2025 to June 2025 at an average price of AUD 154.45/t ($96.72/t); and 30,000t per month from July 2025 to December 2025 at an average price of AUD 154.77/t.

Fenix has taken advantage of current market conditions to expand and improve the company’s hedge book to the year. The additional hedge contracts are consistent with the company’s price protection policy and secures a positive cashflow margin on a base level of production whilst maintaining positive exposure to spot iron ore prices.

Its hedging arrangements consist of swap contracts between Fenix and Macquarie Bank which are cash settled at the end of each month for an amount equivalent to the difference between the fixed price of the contracts and a published monthly average index converted to AUD.