Updated on Mon, 08th Feb, 2010 | 08:02pm
Mining group Xstrata is to resume dividend payments despite reporting a drop in full-year profits.
The company said its pre-tax profits fell to $1.87bn (£1.2bn) in 2009, down from $6.05bn a year earlier.
Xstrata blamed the fall in profits on heavy one-off costs and lower commodity prices.
However, it said the medium-term outlook for commodity demand...
