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Glencore profit dives 69% as prices for metals, oil slide
Published Tue, Mar 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM
London
GLENCORE plc, the commodity trader and miner headed by billionaire Ivan Glasenberg, has reported a 69 per cent slump in profit as prices for metals and oil tumbled.
Adjusted net income slid to US$1.34 billion from US$4.29 billion a year earlier, the Baar, Switzerland- based company said in a statement on Tuesday. That beat the US$1.17 billion average of 15 analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
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