Glencore to halt production at world’s biggest cobalt mine after price halves August 6, 2019 Glencore is planning to stop production at the world’s largest cobalt mine after prices for the metal plummeted. The miner has told staff that Congo’s Mutanda mine is “no longer economically viable” in a letter seen by the Financial Times. Read more: Congo starts evicting up to 2,000 illegal miners from Glencore site where dozens [...]
Neil Woodford offloads stake in Eurocell amid fire sale August 6, 2019 Neil Woodford has sold off his entire stake in Eurocell as the under-fire stockpicker battles to shore up the health of his own troubled equity income fund. The former star investor dropped his 16 per cent holding in the plastic window and door firm Eurocell last week, ramping up his fire sale after a torrid [...]
Profits lower at TP Icap as investment banks cut trading August 6, 2019 Broker TP Icap said today it is launching a new joint venture in China with a local conglomerate as it showed lower profits in the first half of the year. Profit before tax fell 3.6 per cent year-on-year to £134m, the company revealed this morning. Read more: TP Icap to move staff out of the [...]
Sterling hits lowest level against global currencies since 2016 August 6, 2019 The pound has fallen against the world’s biggest currencies to its lowest point since the so-called flash crash of late 2016. Read more: Sterling tanks to 28-month low on no-deal Brexit fears The Bank of England’s effective exchange rate index today sank below the most recent low point of August 2017, when a tussle over [...]
Market correction pushes up oil prices after Trump tariffs sparked rout August 6, 2019 Brent crude regained some of its losses today after taking a battering on international markets since last Wednesday. The price of the international standard had risen nearly one per cent by the mid afternoon London time, trading at $60.32. Read more: Iran seizes another tanker over fuel smuggling, state media reports It comes as the [...]
Sirius Minerals shares plummet 25 per cent as it suspends £411m bond sale for Yorkshire mine August 6, 2019 Sirius Minerals shares plummeted 25 per cent this morning as the FTSE 250 firm announced it had suspended a planned $500m (£411m) bond sale intended to finance a mine on the North York Moors. The offering was an important part of the company’s financing package for the Polyhalite mining project. Read more: Sirius Minerals on [...]
Debate: Are professional traders becoming obsolete? August 6, 2019 Debate: Are professional traders becoming obsolete? Yes – Mike Read is chief executive and co-founder of Pelican Trading. Trading as we know it is certainly becoming obsolete. Financial instruments will always be traded, but the traditional isolated trading model we know today will soon be consigned to the past. Platforms that connect individuals wanting to [...]
FTSE 100 takes battering as trade worries shake global markets August 5, 2019 The FTSE 100 took its second battering in as many sessions today as trade tensions and the prospect of a no-deal Brexit put the fear of God into investors. The blue-chip index lost 183.21 points, or 2.47 per cent, to end the day at 7,407.06, after dropping more than 177 points on Friday. Only miner [...]
Cuadrilla seeks permission to keep fracking until 2021 August 5, 2019 Cuadrilla will apply for permission to continue work at the UK’s most advanced fracking site as the industry seeks a way forward despite regulation it claims is stifling business. Chief executive Francis Egan will ask Lancashire County Council to let the firm continue for another 18 months on top of the current period. Read more: [...]
Britain will join US to protect ships from Iranian attack August 5, 2019 Britain plans to work with the US to ensure the safety of commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attack, defence secretary Ben Wallace said today amid escalating tensions in the region. However the UK will not join US sanctions against Iran, Wallace said after President Donald Trump ripped up a nuclear [...]
