Investors reduce Anglo American short stakes as company looks up December 13, 2018 Investors are offloading their short positions in the FTSE’s most bet-against mining stock as Anglo American starts looking up. Earlier this week the miner said it was expecting production to increase about two per cent more than previously forecast, as production of copper and diamonds increased. Costs will also be five per cent below what [...]
FTSE round up: Index drops on oil and mining share sell-off following fears of oversupply November 23, 2018 The FTSE 100 closed 0.14 per cent down this week after falling to 6,950.82, driven by a sell off in oil and mining shares. The biggest faller was silver and gold miner Fresnillo which saw a 6.98 per cent decrease to 746.4p as the company continued to feel the effects of being downgraded by Morgan Stanley [...]
Chinese shock leaves the FTSE 100 nursing losses after renminbi devaluation August 12, 2015 The FTSE 100 fell by 72 points yesterday as luxury goods and mining firms suffered from China’s unexpected devaluation of the renminbi. The Chinese devaluation, news of which broke after the FTSE closed on Monday night, saw Burberry shares open 12p down on the previous day at 1,595p, before falling throughout the day to [...]
Anglo American lowers the bar for chief executive Mark Cutifani July 19, 2015 Mining group Anglo American has lowered the bar at which chief executive Mark Cutifani reaches his performance targets, a controversial move as shares in the company this month fell to a 12-year low. Cutifani, who was paid £3.7m last year, makes around half of his yearly take-home pay through a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) based [...]
Anglo American share price falls as it books up to $4bn in writedowns in first half July 16, 2015 Shares in miner Anglo American were tarnished this morning after it said it expects to book $3bn-$4bn in writedowns in the first half of this year, due to its iron ore operation in Brazil and some Australian coal assets. The FTSE 100-listed company, due to report its first half results next week, attributed the impairments to [...]
Glencore share price falls as FTSE miners feel the heat from commodities selloff July 7, 2015 London-listed miners felt the heat today after the outlook for the Chinese economy darkened amid ongoing equity market turmoil. Earlier in the day copper prices fell 5.9 per cent to a six-year low of $2.389 a pound on concern about economic growth in China, the world's top metals consumer. It comes a day after Chinese brokerages [...]
Anglo American share price rises despite missing analysts’ targets in first quarter April 23, 2015 Shares in mining group Anglo American were up by 4.73 per cent yesterday, despite the company’s failure to meet analysts’ expectations in its production update for the three months to 31 March. Copper production fell by 17 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, down to 171,800 tonnes from 202,000 tonnes in the same [...]
Anglo American’s losses jump 161 per cent after $3.9bn asset writedown February 13, 2015 The figures The commodities slump has crushed Anglo American: the miner posted figures today showing it took $3.9bn (£2.5bn) in impairment charges in 2014 after it was forced to dramatically cut the prices of its assets. The pain didn't stop there. With iron ore prices having halved in 2014 it was always going to be [...]
Mining meltdown: Antofagasta, Glencore and Anglo American share prices plummet amid copper selloff January 14, 2015 Miners led the FTSE 100's biggest fallers in morning trading after a sudden collapse in copper prices knocked oil off the top of the commodities watch list. The metal plunged by more than six per cent after the World Bank slashed its global growth forecast for 2015. Antofagasta was the biggest faller, with shares dropping [...]
More mining M&A on the cards? Anglo American share price rises as boss says “come and get us” September 2, 2014 Shares in Anglo American, the world's largest platinum miner, jumped 2.6 per cent this afternoon after its chief executive said the company is open to takeover offers. In an interview, Mark Cutifani said his job is "to create value" – adding that "if somebody sees value, then there's a conversation to be had". I'm not [...]