Glencore takes a safety pledge after 18 workers die

The company said that 18 workers had died at its facilities last year and its rate of time lost due tbuy equipment for zenith jaw crusher in europeo injury was more than twice as high as industry leaders such as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

The release of Glencore's first public sustainability report comes four months after it became London's biggest-ever flotation. Publishing the sustainability report is part of the process of Glencore making the transition from private partnership to a traded company. Mining groups need a good record to build their "social licence" - the goodwill that allows them to operate in countries and communities. Mining industry executives have long suspected that Glencore's environmental and safety record has not been of the highest standard and the trader will be under pressure from...