Global commodity trader and mining titan Glencore saw its core profit halved in the six months to end-June as underlying prices came off the boil. 

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (ebitda) fell 50% to $9.4bn as average coal prices and Brent crude, among other commodities, retreated from historic highs in the comparable period a year ago when Russia invaded Ukraine, sparking supply concerns...

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