In addition to the interim dividend of $2.8-billion, diversified mining company Glencore on Tuesday announced a top up of $2.2-billion, which lifted this year’s total announced shareholder returns to $9.3-billion. “If you look at the results as a whole for 2023 versus some of our history, and if we exclude 2022 – which, as we know, was an exceptional year because of its circumstances – this is the best first half we’ve had in the last 20 years,” Glencore CEO Gary Nagle said during the London- and Johannesburg-listed company’s presentation of half-year results, covered by Mining Weekly. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)