GLEN Glencore Plc

By Jaime Llinares Taboada

Glencore PLC said Friday that it now expects earnings from its marketing business to be ahead of the guidance range in 2021.

The FTSE 100 company forecast full-year marketing adjusted earnings before interest and taxes to exceed the top end of the long-term guidance range of $2.2 billion-$3.2 billion per annum.

Glencore's marketing arm sources, transports, stores, processes, sells and delivers commodities to customers.

In addition, the commodity mining and trading company said its assets performed in line with expectations in the third quarter, and that full-year production guidance remains unchanged.

The Anglo-Swiss group produced 895,500 metric tons of copper in the nine months ended Sept. 30, down from 934,700 tons a year earlier.

Coal output fell to 76.3 million tons from 83.5 million tons.

"Notably, as energy markets have improved, we are recovering from the market-driven production cuts initiated within our Australian coal portfolio in the second half of 2020," Chief Executive Gary Nagle said.

Cobalt production rose 8% to 23,400 tons, zinc edged down 0.5% to 855,800 tons, lead was 11% lower at 173,400 tons, and nickel fell 13% to 71,100 tons. Ferrochrome production increased 65% to 1.07 million tons.

Gold output fell 9% to 593,000 ounces, and silver rose 2% to 23.79 million ounces. Oil was 23% higher, at 4.15 million oil-equivalent barrels.

Glencore reported that on Oct. 15 it had agreed the sale of its Chemoil Terminals LLC subsidiary, which owns two oil storage terminals in California, for $242 million. Closing is expected before the end of the year.

Write to Jaime Llinares Taboada at jaime.llinares@wsj.com; @JaimeLlinaresT

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October 29, 2021 03:03 ET (07:03 GMT)

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