A summary of Glencore's second quarter production results for the three months ended June 30 (own-sourced output volume, year-on-year change):
Copper - 350,800 tonnes, +10%Increase reflects the restart/ramp-up of Katanga operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Own-source copper sales during the period were some 32,000 tonnes lower due to timing of shipments H1 2018 production was up 8% vs H2 2017 at 696,200 tonnes Guidance for FY 2018 at 1.465 million tonnes vs 2017 output of 1.31 million tonnes. Commissioning of first phase of Katanga's whole ore leach project in December 2017 to add around 150,000 tonnes of copper outputCobalt - 9,700 tonnes, +52% Increase reflects...