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Glencore Plc (GLEN.L)
| Previous close | 215.00 |
| Open | 215.70 |
| Bid | 212.55 x 0 |
| Ask | 212.55 x 0 |
| Day's range | 211.90 - 216.00 |
| 52-week range | 109.76 - 249.90 |
| Volume | 20,361,139 |
| Avg. volume | 32,156,709 |
| Market cap | 28.274B |
| Beta (5Y monthly) | 1.29 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| EPS (TTM) | -24.90 |
| Earnings date | 16 Feb 2021 - 22 Feb 2021 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.15 (12.82%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 03 Sep 2020 |
| 1y target est | 4.95 |
- Reuters
Business rights or human rights? Swiss vote shines spotlight on companies
As the only large mining firm based in Switzerland, Glencore has become the unwilling poster child of a campaign to change the constitution so Swiss companies are liable at home for human rights abuses or environmental harm they cause abroad. Voters will now choose in a referendum on Sunday between the new proposals and a milder government version that would force firms to step up checks on their overseas operations and supply chains but stops short of extending liability to Swiss courts. In a campaign that has polarized the nation, the government and multinationals say the Responsible Business Initiative goes too far, while activists, religious groups and various political factions say Switzerland risks falling behind other countries in tackling progressive social and economic issues without it.
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- Bloomberg
Zambia Sees Deal With Glencore Over Mopani Within a Month
(Bloomberg) -- Zambia expects to conclude talks over buying Glencore Plc’s stake in Mopani Copper Mines Plc within a month, according to Barnaby Mulenga, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines.Mulenga declined to disclose the size of the stake that state-owned ZCCM Investments Holdings is trying to acquire. ZCCM-IH currently has 10% of Mopani, with Glencore holding 73.1% and Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 16.9%.Zambia wants to raise its holding after clashing with Glencore earlier this year over the company’s plan to mothball Mopani’s operations. But it’s unclear how the cash-strapped government, which last week defaulted on a Eurobond interest payment, would finance a deal. While impairments of $1.14 billion at Mopani contributed to Glencore posting a first-half loss, the Switzerland-based commodity giant still assigned a value of $704 million to the operations.Mulenga expects a deal to be announced in the coming weeks by Mines Minister Richard Musukwa, who said in September that both companies were prepared to sell their entire holding in Mopani. Zambia won’t have trouble raising finance for the deal, according to Mulenga, even though no money will come from the Treasury.Zambia Says Glencore, First Quantum Willing to Sell Mopani“The resource attracts money, so the issue of financing is the least of the worries for the Zambian government,” Mulenga said in an interview on Thursday, referring to Mopani’s copper-mining operations. He didn’t give further details.A spokesman for Glencore declined to comment. First Quantum spokesman John Gladston also declined to comment.Mining DisputesGlencore shelved its plans to place the operations under care and maintenance for 90 days, after Zambia threatened to revoke its mining license in April. The government strategy is driven by a need to safeguard jobs at Mopani, rather than any desire to raise its shareholding, said Mulenga.Zambia’s increasingly tense relations with investors in the key copper-mining industry may partly reflect maneuvering by President Edgar Lungu ahead of next year’s elections. The government is also in arbitration over mining assets it seized last year from billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources Ltd.Other copper miners have halted $2 billion of planned investments because of a dispute over a royalty tax. A mining conference later this year will seek to address that issue, Mulenga said.Zambia, Africa’s No. 2 copper producer, relies on the metal for about 70% of its export earnings. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is forecast to cut output this year to about 764,188 tons, far short of the nation’s target of 1 million tons, according to Zambia Chamber of Mines.“Hopefully we will come to some consensus to what should this tax regime look like,” Mulenga said.(Updates with copper output in penultimate paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
