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The company produced 2.34 million ounces of gold for the 2018 financial year, 1% lower than FY17, with Lihir notching up its third consecutive annual production record.
The result was at the upper end of revised guidance and only 2% below the original guidance, which was lowered due to a tailings dam wall failure at Cadia.
Copper production of 78,000 tonnes was 7% lower than FY17 and above revised guidance.
All-in sustaining costs rose by 6% to US$835 an ounce, with the full-year AISC margin coming in at $473/oz.
The June quarter was a strong one for Newcrest with a 10% jump in production to 635,000oz of gold.
AISC was $795/oz and the AISC margin was $507/oz.
Lihir was the standout, achieving record annualised throughput of 16 million tonnes.
Production of 307,000oz at AISC of $724/oz were also both records.
Cadia also recovered well with the New South Wales operation exceeding the targeted 30Mtpa run-rate in June.
Telfer recorded its second-best quarter of the financial year, producing 120,100oz at AISC of $1185/oz.
Newcrest managing director and CEO Sandeep Biswas said June was a quarter to be proud of.
"Lihir continued to impress with record quarterly mill throughput rates and record low quarterly AISC," he said.
"Cadia recovered well from the tailings wall slump in March to post record monthly mine production and mill throughput rates in June at an annualised rate exceeding 30Mtpa.
"Telfer achieved record total material movement, tonnes crushed and tonnes milled for the quarter."
Biswas said the company was continuing to progress options for profitable growth, including organically.
"The environmental impact statement for Wafi-Golpu was submitted and the tender process for early works for the next Cadia block cave has commenced," he said.
"We strive to safely operate our assets to their full potential and this quarter reflected the benefits of our safety program, our Edge performance improvement program, and our people whom I thank for their hard work to make this possible."
Newcrest shares opened 2.3% higher at A$20.45.
