Revenues arising from ordinary operating activities of the Group, i.e. revenues from sales of products, merchandise and
materials, are recognised in the statement of profit or loss as revenues from contracts with customers.
The Group generates its revenues mainly from the sale of: copper, silver and gold. Other, smaller streams of revenues arise
from the sale of services (including distribution of electricity, other utilities and mine construction services) and other products
(including electricity), merchandise and materials (including steel, petroleum and its derivatives).
The Group recognises revenue from contracts with customers when the Group satisfies a performance obligation by
transferring a promised good or providing a service to a customer, which is when the customer obtains control of that asset,
i.e. the ability to direct the use of, and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from, the asset, as well as the ability to
prevent other entities from directing the use of, and obtaining the benefits from, the asset.
The Group recognises as a performance obligation every contractual promise to transfer to a customer a good or provide a
service that is distinct, or a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and that have the same pattern
of transfer to the customer. For each performance obligation, the Group determines (based on contractual terms), whether
the obligation will be performed over time or at a specified moment. In particular, in contracts for the sale of copper, silver and
gold, every measurement unit of a transferred good (e.g. 1 tonne of copper or 1 kg of silver) is a separate performance
obligation. Therefore, for every sale or transfer of goods, constituting a multiplication of a measurement unit of a transferred
product, which is realised at the same time, the Group fulfils its performance obligation and at the same time recognises
revenues. The performance obligation is fulfilled by the Group in the same manner as in the case of other Group products,
such as: lead, salt, steel, petroleum, blasting materials, mining machinery, fuel additives and other products.
Since in the majority of sales transactions, following the shipment of the promised product or good and transferring control
over it, the Group has an unconditional right to consideration from the customer, and the only condition of receiving it is time
lapse, the Group recognises the consideration from contracts with customers as receivables and therefore the Group does not
recognise contractual assets.
In trade contracts in which the performance obligation is met at a specified time, the Group uses various payment conditions,
including prepayments of up to several days before delivery and deferred payments of up to 120 days, although the deferred
payments do not concern silver. Payment dates depend on the evaluation of the recipient’s credit risk and the possibility of
securing receivables. The consideration becomes due depending on contractual conditions, that is prior to the realisation of
the delivery (prepayment) by the Group or after the Group meets its performance obligation. If the Group receives payment
from the customer before it meets its performance obligation, it recognises it as contractual payables. However, in the case of
deferred payments terms, the Group recognises due consideration from the customer as a receivable only after the transfer
of promised products to the customer and the issuance of the invoice.
Moreover, revenues from the sale of services are recognised by the Group in profit or loss over time if one of the following
criteria is met:
− the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the Group’s performance to the extent that
it performs its obligations, or
− the Group satisfies a performance obligation and creates or enhances an asset (for example, work in progress) that the
customer controls as the asset is created or enhanced, or
− the Group satisfies a performance obligation and creates an asset without an alternative use to the Group and the Group
has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date.
If the Group recognises revenues on the basis of assessment pursuant to the adopted method of measurement the degree of
advancement, prior to the issue of the invoice, it recognises due consideration as a contractual asset and transfers it to
receivables at the moment the right to consideration becomes unconditional.
The Group fulfils its performance obligation while performing the service and therefore it recognises revenues over time, under
contracts for mine construction and other geological work, sanatorium-spa services and sale of electricity, including distribution
of electricity.
Revenues from contracts with customers are recognised in the amount of the transaction price, consisting of the amount of
consideration to which – in accordance with the Group’s expectations – it will be given in return for the transfer of promised
goods or services to the customer, excluding consideration collected on behalf of third parties.
The transaction price also reflects the effects of the time value of money if a contract with a customer contains a significant
financing element, which is determined based on the contractual payment terms, regardless of whether the promise of
financing is explicitly stated in the contract. In determining whether a financing component is significant for a given agreement,
all of the facts and circumstances are taken into consideration, including the eventual difference between the promised
consideration and the cash selling price of the promised goods and services, as well as the total impact of the following two
factors: (i) the estimated period from the moment an entity transfers the promised goods or services to a customer to the
moment the customer pays for these goods or services, and (ii) prevailing interest rates on a given market. In the realised
contracts of sales to customers in 2023 and 2022, the Group identified a significant financing component in the contract with
Franco Nevada (contract described below in Important estimates, assumptions and judgments). The Group presents the results
of financing (interest costs) separately from revenues from contracts with customers in the statement of comprehensive
income. In the Franco Nevada contract, there is also an element of variable consideration. In such a situation, the Group