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Jesse Riseborough

Glencore pivots from disposals to dividends

Jesse Riseborough|Published 8 years ago

There’s talk that Glencore’s turnaround plan has gone so well that it could be months away from paying dividends again.

Glencore jumps as coal prices extend surge

Jesse Riseborough|Published 8 years ago

Glencore jumped to a 15-month high in London as coal prices rose.

Glencore’s copper production slumps

Jesse Riseborough|Published 8 years ago

Glencore says its copper production declined 3% and its coal output dropped 12% in the second quarter.

Rio Tinto boss: M&A not top of agenda

Jesse Riseborough|Published 8 years ago

Jean-Sebastien Jacques takes the reins at Rio Tinto at a tough time for the mining industry - but he has a plan for survival.

Top miner commits to London after Brexit

Jesse Riseborough|Published 8 years ago

Rio Tinto boss pledges to keep the company’s head office in London despite Britain’s decision to leave the EU.

Glencore’s debt shrinks with deals

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Glencore’s $2. 5bn agriculture deal is another milestone to solving CEO Ivan Glasenberg’s biggest problem last year - reducing a mountain of debt.

Glencore’s profit collapses 69%

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Miner and commodity trader Glencore reports 69% slump in profit as prices for metals and oil tumble.

Glencore inks $8bn debt deal

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Glencore, which wants to reduce its $30 billion debt load, signed new loan commitments to replace an existing $8. 45 billion revolving credit facility.

Mining deals set to rise

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

The value of private-equity deals in the mining industry will rise this year from $3. 2 billion in 2015.

$10bn risk to miners’ earnings

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

The world’s biggest mining companies face a combined $10 billion risk to earnings if carbon pricing tightens after global climate talks in Paris.

Glencore leads slide in mining stocks

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Glencore hovers near seven-week low as slump in commodities deepens.

The pressure is back on Glencore

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

For a while it looked like Glencore had turned the tide.

Glencore stocks rally

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Glencore shares rally the most in almost two weks after it says profit from trading commodities rebounded.

Investor groups point fingers at Glencore

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Glencore’s $2. 5bn stock sale breached “shareholder protection principles”, according to two UK organisations.

Rio Tinto’s Walsh rebukes mining critics

Jesse Riseborough|Published 9 years ago

Persistent negative talk about the mining industry will only fuel more anxiety, says Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh.

Copper: Glencore’s quarterly mine output dips

Jesse Riseborough|Published 10 years ago

Glencore reported a 9-percent decline in copper production after ore grades fell and a Chilean mine shut for maintenance.

Glencore profit tops estimates

Jesse Riseborough|Published 10 years ago

Glencore reported profit that beat estimates as a strong performance from its marketing division helped it weather a rout in resource prices.

Glencore to divest Lonmin stake to shareholders

Jesse Riseborough|Published 10 years ago

Glencore is planning to distribute its 23. 9-percent holding in platinum producer Lonmin to its own shareholders.

Glencore ready to sell Peru asset

Jesse Riseborough|Published 11 years ago

Glencore Xstrata remained in talks with a Chinese bidder for an asset that’s been valued at more than $5 billion (R54bn), chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said.

Glencore Xstrata mines lift output

Jesse Riseborough|Published 11 years ago

Glencore Xstrata’s quarterly copper output surged by 34 percent as African mines added to volumes, the company said yesterday.

Peers heed Glencore chief’s call to cut back

Jesse Riseborough|Published 11 years ago

Glencore Xstrata chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said yesterday that mining industry peers were responding to his call to restrain spending and shelve expansions ...