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Mining News Pro - Glencore said its 2019 copper output fell 6% and battery mineral cobalt rose 10% as it boosted production at its Katanga mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offsetting the impact of the early closure of another operation.
According to Mining News Pro - The news drove Glencore’s shares 5% higher by 1000 GMT, outperforming London peers, as analysts took the view Glencore was overcoming operational problems in Africa.
The miner shut its Mutanda mine in Congo ahead of schedule in November in response to falling cobalt prices and rising costs and taxes.
Glencore, whose CEO Ivan Glasenberg has said he may be replaced this year, has been battling multiple issues, including political and operational issues in Congo and Zambia, and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and Britain’s Serious Fraud Office.
The problems have weighed on Glencore’s shares, which shed 19% last year.
Analysts now predict a rally, saying the company is too cheap and operational problems have been tackled.
“Glencore continues to screen as a strong value proposition,” Tyler Broda of RBC Capital Markets said in a note.
Glencore on Tuesday said its 2019, copper output reached 1.37 million tonnes while cobalt climbed 42,200 tonnes. In the fourth quarter, copper output fell to 355,400 tonnes and cobalt production dropped to 11,900 tonnes.
It should benefit from the rise of electric vehicles, which use high volumes of copper and cobalt.
But the company, which is the world’s biggest shipper of export quality coal, is under mounting pressure from investors concerned about the need to phase out fossil fuel to lower climate-warming emissions.
Production of zinc, ferrochrome and nickel fell slightly but the company kept its full year 2020 outlook unchanged.
Also on Tuesday, Glencore appointed former China Molybdenum International CEO Kalidas Madhavpeddi to its board. China Moly, like Glencore, operates in Congo.
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