BLACKROCK ENERGY AND RESOURCES INCOME TRUST plc
(LEI:54930040ALEAVPMMDC31)
All information is at 31 May 2025 and unaudited.
Performance at month end with net income reinvested
One Three Six One Three Five
Month Months Months Year Years Years
Net asset 4.3% -4.4% -10.0% -8.8% -2.6% 125.1%
value
Share price 5.5% -3.4% -6.5% -5.1% -12.6% 147.9%
Sources: Datastream, BlackRock
At month end
Net asset value – capital only: 120.90p
Net asset value cum income1: 121.86p
Share price: 111.00p
Discount to NAV (cum income): 8.9%
Net yield: 4.1%
Gearing - cum income: 7.9%
Total assets: £142.4m
Ordinary shares in issue2: 116,844,497
Gearing range (as a % of net assets): 0-20%
Ongoing charges3: 1.15%
1 Includes net revenue of 0.96p.
2 Excluding 18,741,697 ordinary shares held in treasury.
3 The Company’s ongoing charges are calculated as a percentage of
average daily net assets and using the management fee and all other
operating expenses excluding finance costs, direct transaction costs,
custody transaction charges, VAT recovered, taxation and certain
other non-recurring items for the year ended 30 November 2024. In
addition, the Company’s Manager has also agreed to cap ongoing
charges by rebating a portion of the management fee to the extent
that the Company’s ongoing charges exceed 1.15% of average net
assets.
Sector Overview
Mining 40.7%
Energy Transition 29.3%
Traditional Energy 29.3%
Net Current Assets 0.7%
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Sector Analysis % Total Assets^ Country Analysis % Total
Assets^
Mining: Global 50.5
Diversified 21.2 United States 19.5
Copper 6.1 United Kingdom 6.2
Gold 3.2 Latin America 6.2
Industrial Minerals 2.8 Canada 6.1
Aluminium 2.6 Germany 3.1
Steel 1.6 Italy 2.5
Platinum Group Metals 1.2 Australia 2.4
Uranium 1.1 South Africa 1.2
Nickel 0.9 Other Africa 1.0
Subtotal Mining: 40.7 Ireland 0.6
Net Current Assets 0.7
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Traditional Energy:
Integrated 11.7
E&P 7.8
Oil Services 6.3
Distribution 3.5
Subtotal Traditional 29.3
Energy:
Energy Transition:
Electrification 9.5
Renewables 7.1
Energy Efficiency 7.1
Storage 5.1
Transport 0.5
Subtotal Energy 29.3
Transition:
Net Current Assets 0.7
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^ Total Assets for the purposes of these calculations exclude bank
overdrafts, and the net current liabilities figure shown in the
tables above therefore exclude bank overdrafts equivalent to 8.7% of
the Company’s net asset value.
Ten Largest Investments
Company Region of Risk % Total Assets
Vale - ADS Latin America 5.9
Anglo American Global 5.4
Exxon Mobil Corp Global 4.9
Rio Tinto Global 4.7
Shell Global 3.9
NiSource United States 3.3
Abaxx Technologies Global 2.9
Elia Group Germany 2.6
Norsk Hydro Global 2.6
SSE United Kingdom 2.5
Commenting on the markets, Tom Holl and Mark Hume, representing the
Investment Manager noted:
The Company’s NAV rose 4.3% in May (in GBP terms).
Global equity markets rose in May with an announced agreement between
the US and China to reduce tariffs for 90 days. The US stock market
was further supported towards the end of the month after the US
announced a delay to implementation of higher tariffs on the EU and a
US legal challenge to the recently announced US import tariffs. The
House of Representatives passed the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’
(OBBBA), which would potentially increase the size of primary
deficit, adding to US debt and interest obligations. Longer-dated US
Treasury yields rose during the month, whilst the US dollar index
moved lower. The market rise was led by US technology stocks, notably
megacaps and by banks, whilst sectors with perceived resilient
earnings, such as healthcare and utilities, lagged the market rise.
Global equity markets represented by the MSCI All Country World Index
returned 5.7% in May 2025.
Within the sustainable energy theme, during May, we received partial
clarity on US energy policy, initially in the form of the Draft
Reconciliation Bill, and subsequently the OBBBA, which narrowly
passed through the House of Representatives at the end of the month.
The Act remains subject to approval and modification by the Senate,
with July 4th being the target date for their decision. Finally, the
Senate and House will have to reconcile their two bills into one for
a final vote in both chambers. While the Act as it stands does
propose to phase out key tax credits for clean power generation, it
demonstrates a level of energy pragmatism that many were not
anticipating based on the negativity priced into the equities prior
to its announcement. The Act suggests that support for utility-scale
renewables development will remain largely intact, including a
proposal that investment / production tax credits for new renewable
energy projects will remain in place through December 2028. Several
US technology firms announced AI deals in the Middle East, including
a $600m commitment from Saudi Arabia to US companies including
Nvidia.
Turning to the energy sector, early in the month, OPEC+ announced a
further >400kbpd increase in previously curtailed production, which
may increase oil price volatility in the near-term. We also saw two
well-capitalized US E&P companies, Diamondback Energy and Coterra
Energy, announce that they would drop rigs in the Permian basin on
concerns of falling oil prices. The 90-day delay on tariffs, on the
other hand, contributed to a modest reprieve in oil prices during the
month. The Brent oil price rose +1.5%, whilst the WTI oil price rose
+3.2%, ending the month at $64/bbl and $61bbl respectively. The US
Henry Hub natural gas price rose +3.3% during the month to end at
$3.46/mmbtu.
Mining equities posted performance in May, albeit lagging broader
equity markets, represented by the MSCI All Country World Index,
which rose 5.7%. Mined commodity performance was mixed: prices for
iron ore (62% Fe) and nickel fell by 1.6% and 1.2% respectively,
whereas the copper price increased by 4.7%. The copper market appears
to have notably tightened evidenced by a significant decline in
inventories in China. Within precious metals, the gold price
decreased by 0.7%, whilst the silver and platinum prices rose by 1.0%
and 10.2% respectively. Reduced geopolitical and economic uncertainty
contributed to the gold price easing. However, increased hybrid
vehicle penetration drove strong demand for platinum, where we have
also seen supply-side constraints become apparent.
All data points in US dollar terms unless otherwise specified.
Commodity price moves sourced from Thomson Reuters Datastream.
18 June 2025
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