✦ Strategy 2055+ and the Metals KGHM Does Not Yet MineThin moat

KGHM Polska Miedź (KGH) — the future bets

A thirty-year plan whose near-term copper target needs the Polish mines to stop declining first.

In July 2026 KGHM's supervisory board approved a strategy with a date in its name that is thirty years away1.

The 2026-2030 copper target against delivery (kt)753,7Group output, 2021710,0Group output, 2025>7302026-2030 targetAssumes copper at USD11 454/t, silver at USD58,18/oz and USD/PLN of 3,56
The target needs the Polish mines to stop declining and the scrap business to keep growing, and only one is under way.

The Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ sets as its chief goal the profitable mining of raw materials with an outlook beyond 2055, under the mission innovation in each gram of copper and the vision responsible mining for future generations. Its three priorities are securing profitable production over the long term, ensuring strategic raw materials for Poland and Europe, and maintaining financial stability2.

The substantive content is a widening of the metal portfolio in three stages: from today's copper, silver, gold and molybdenum, to nickel, cobalt, platinum-group metals and other critical raw materials, and eventually to lithium and rare earth elements3.

The near-term targets are more checkable. Payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year on average across 2026-2030, of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap; adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin; capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty; and at least a 50% increase in installed renewable capacity, to at least 220 megawatts4.

Those numbers assume a copper price of 11 454 dollars a tonne, silver at 58,18 dollars an ounce and a dollar at 3,56 złoty5 — themselves a forecast.

The measure is the copper target. At 710 thousand tonnes in 2025, reaching 730 requires the Polish mines to stop declining and the scrap business to keep growing, and only one of those is under way.

Moat trajectory: Holding steady

The strategy is new; the asset base is not. Nickel, cobalt, platinum-group metals, lithium and rare earths are a direction of travel with no disclosed production behind them.

The number that tests this moat
Reported
Payable copper from the international assets, first half
59,5 kt in H1 2026, below budget (Sierra Gorda 40,2 kt)

The strategy needs more than 140 kt a year from abroad; a half-year pace near 60 kt shows how far there is to go.

Source: KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026 ↗
References
  1. ReportedIn July 2026 KGHM's supervisory board approved a strategy with a date in its name that is thirty years away.
    KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026, the Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ approved on 3 July 2026 and its targets (payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap, adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin, capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty across 2026-2030, at least 220 MW of installed renewable capacity, the Sierra Gorda fourth grinding line at 725 million dollars raising output about 20% while shortening the life of mine by three years, the Deep Glogow Deposit Access Program, and shareholders including the State Treasury at 31,79%) — 2026-2030 and beyond · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
  2. ReportedIts three priorities are securing profitable production over the long term, ensuring strategic raw materials for Poland and Europe, and maintaining financial stability.
    KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026, the Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ approved on 3 July 2026 and its targets (payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap, adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin, capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty across 2026-2030, at least 220 MW of installed renewable capacity, the Sierra Gorda fourth grinding line at 725 million dollars raising output about 20% while shortening the life of mine by three years, the Deep Glogow Deposit Access Program, and shareholders including the State Treasury at 31,79%) — 2026-2030 and beyond · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
  3. ReportedThe substantive content is a widening of the metal portfolio in three stages: from today's copper, silver, gold and molybdenum, to nickel, cobalt, platinum-group metals and other critical raw materials, and eventually to lithium and rare...
    KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026, the Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ approved on 3 July 2026 and its targets (payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap, adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin, capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty across 2026-2030, at least 220 MW of installed renewable capacity, the Sierra Gorda fourth grinding line at 725 million dollars raising output about 20% while shortening the life of mine by three years, the Deep Glogow Deposit Access Program, and shareholders including the State Treasury at 31,79%) — 2026-2030 and beyond · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
  4. ReportedPayable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year on average across 2026-2030, of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap; adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin; capital...
    KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026, the Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ approved on 3 July 2026 and its targets (payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap, adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin, capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty across 2026-2030, at least 220 MW of installed renewable capacity, the Sierra Gorda fourth grinding line at 725 million dollars raising output about 20% while shortening the life of mine by three years, the Deep Glogow Deposit Access Program, and shareholders including the State Treasury at 31,79%) — 2026-2030 and beyond · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
  5. ReportedThose numbers assume a copper price of 11 454 dollars a tonne, silver at 58,18 dollars an ounce and a dollar at 3,56 złoty — themselves a forecast.
    KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. Group - Management Board's report on activities in the first half of 2026, the Strategy of the KGHM Group 2055+ approved on 3 July 2026 and its targets (payable copper production above 730 thousand tonnes a year of which about 590 thousand from Polish assets including 180 thousand from scrap, adjusted EBITDA averaging 12 billion złoty at a 25,6% margin, capital expenditure above 32 billion złoty across 2026-2030, at least 220 MW of installed renewable capacity, the Sierra Gorda fourth grinding line at 725 million dollars raising output about 20% while shortening the life of mine by three years, the Deep Glogow Deposit Access Program, and shareholders including the State Treasury at 31,79%) — 2026-2030 and beyond · publ. August 2026 · source ↗
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