Xstrata resumes dividend payments

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.

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