Glencore first-half profit slumps 32per cent

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Glencore Plc reported a 32per cent drop in first-half core profit and said it was planning to put its Mutanda mine in the Democratic Republic of ...

REUTERS: Glencore Plc reported a 32per cent drop in first-half core profit and said it was planning to put its Mutanda mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo into temporary care and maintenance by year end.

The company said adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization were US$5.58 billion for the six months ended June 30, compared with US$8.18 billion last year, hit by a fall in cobalt prices and lower copper production.Glencore last week said it had begun the turnaround of its African operations under a plan which could take up to two years.

 

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