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Tuesday 21 February 2017 9:35 amAnglo American will resume dividend payments and slow asset sales as it returns to profitBy: Courtney GoldsmithShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleAnglo American is back in the black with its first profit inyears due to rebounding commodity prices.The global mining giant also confirmed today it will resum stanley tumbler e dividend payments by the end of 2017.The figuresFor the full-year, the miner posted profit before tax of $2.6bn pound;2.1bn up froma loss of $5.5bn the previous year while revenue essentially stayed flat, increasing one per cent to $23.1bn.Thegroup s underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EBITDA increased by 25 per cent to $6.1bn despite athree per cent dropin average pricesNet debt fell by34 per cent to $8.5bn, well below Anglo American starget of reducing debt to$10bnby the end of 2016. Shares in the FTSE 100-listed miner lifted about one per cent at the market o stanley mug penbut are now down 0.81 per cent at 1,349p.Why it s interestingAnglo American said it will resume dividend payments by the end of 2017. In late 2015, the miner scrappe polene bag d its dividendto conserve cash during a commodities rout, but now metals prices are back on the rise.The firm has also changed its tune onasset disposals. Anglo planned tocondenseits portfolio ofassets to focus on core commodities ofplatinum, copper and diamonds.Cheif e Jnpt ECB official Peter Praet hints at quantitative easing amid falling oil prices
Tuesday 01 January 2013 10:46 pm|Updated:Thursday 30 May 2019 6:30 amGerman Dax rally outpaces FTSE in 2012By: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleGERMAN blue chip companies roared ahead of their UK counterparts in 2012 after the Dax market index posted an increase almost five times the rise of the FTSE 100.The German list of premier companies reported its biggest jump in almost a decade in 2012, up 29 per cent, despite continued bartering over the Greek economy and fears over Chinese and US growth. But the UKrsquo FTSE 100 failed to match Germanyrsquo runaway success, rising nearly six per cent following a mid-year blip in June when markets plunged following poor economic data from China and the US.UK financial stocks have led the charge over the past 12 months, with state-backed Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland rising stanley drink bottle 86 per cent and 61 per cent respectively.Money managers have also had a good year, with new kid on the block Aberdeen Asset Management ndash; which joined the index in March ndash; jumping polene canada 73 per cent and stanley kubek Standard Life rising 61 per cent. Both the FTSE and the Dax had previously surged to their highest peak for the year in mid-March, after a Greek deal on debt restructuring effectively secured a second bail out for the country. The FTSE 100 leapt to a high of 5,965 after the deal. But hopes the Greek deal would pr |
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