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Glencore to shut Canadian smelter by year-end, over 400 jobs lost

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 13, 2019 | 9:48 am Markets Top Companies Canada Europe Lead Zinc 

Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON:GLEN) is closing up its Brunswick Lead Smelter in Canada’s New Brunswick province by the end of the year, as the unit has become “uneconomic” since the mine closed six years ago. The plant, which...

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