Glencore plc

Glencore paid $5.8B to governments in 2020

Swiss-based multinational miner Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has disclosed US$5.7 billion in taxes, royalties and other government payments in 2020. The diversified mining house says the Covid-19 pandemic caused major production…




Glencore records US$2.6B loss, scraps dividend

Glencore (LSE: GLEN) posted a US$2.6 billion loss after write-downs for the first half of the year and scrapped its dividend, as the coronavirus pandemic dented global demand and lowered…



Glencore operates in the DRC and is Africa's largest copper producer. Image courtesy of Katanga Mining.

Glencore hit by another probe over Congo dealings

Mining and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is facing a criminal investigation in its home country for failing to have organizational measures in place to prevent alleged corruption in the…



Hochschild Mining withdraws dividend

Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has become the third major mining company to suspend its dividend due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peru-focused gold mining company’s announcement follows Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN)…



Editorial: Sinking in a sea of red

The economic fallout from COVID-19 is mounting sharply. Last week, unemployment claims in the United States hit a record 6.6 million, up from 3.3 million the previous week, and the…



Workers in the flotation cell facility at Katanga Mining’s Katanga copper-cobalt project (majority-owned by Glencore) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, before processing was suspended in 2015. Credit: Katanga Mining.

Glencore defers decision on dividend

Glencore (LON: GLEN) is postponing a decision on whether to proceed with a cash dividend of 20¢ per share totalling US$2.6 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “When…


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