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Commodity Traders Eye Huge Payday After Major Rally

Glencore’s shareholders are looking at an around £2bn payday this year after commodity price surges hoisted the mining giant to a record performance in the past six months.

Revenue hit £67.4bn in the first half of the year, up by some £16.3bn in comparison with the first half of 2020.

The London-listed mining and trading company joined rivals Rio Tinto and Anglo American in declaring hefty shareholder cheque after record half-year profits.

Shares opened lower this morning, down 0.6 percent at 327.2p per share.

Its adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) rose 79 percent to £6.2bn, a new record for the group.

The group stated a dividend of £2bn for this year, which includes a special dividend of 0.02p per share to be paid in September.

Glencore is also set to buy back $650m in shares, the group said in a statement.

“Following Covid-19’s severe global impacts in early 2020, the subsequent economic recovery has seen prices of most of our commodities surging to multi-year highs amid accelerating demand and lingering supply constraints,” CEO Gary Nagle said.

“Fiscal and monetary stimulus, successful vaccine roll-outs and increasing momentum in relation to the decarbonization of energy systems should continue to underpin sector sentiment going forward.”

The group’s earnings per share swung from a loss of 14p per share in the same period last year but now pulls in 0.07p a share.

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