Determining the Price of Minerals: A transfer pricing framework for bauxite
This mineral pricing schedule complements the practice note above and shows how the framework can be applied to bauxite.
In the mining sector, royalties and corporate income taxes are generally based on the value of the mineral transacted. Consequently, it is critically important that any transactions involving the purchase and sale of minerals are valued correctly. Due to the frequency and scale of related-party transactions, the potential risk to tax revenues posed by transfer pricing non-compliance can be high, particularly around the value of the extracted minerals.
Determining the Price of Minerals: A Transfer Pricing Framework is a practice note providing practical and meaningful guidance for developing countries to accurately delineate the transaction and price of mineral sales to support revenue collection in the mining sector.
To complement this practice note, we have published applications of this framework to specific minerals. Bauxite and lithium are available below, with additional minerals to be published over time.
This mineral pricing schedule complements the practice note above and shows how the framework can be applied to bauxite.
The IGF and OECD released a consultation draft of the mineral pricing framework for lithium. The consultation period has closed and we will publish the final document later this year.