Glasenberg’s Iron Barbs Losing Sting Amid Coal Expansion

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Ivan Glasenberg, the billionaire chief executive officer of Glencore Plc, has argued his two biggest rivals have got it wrong by feeding a global glut of iron ore.

The world’s largest producers, including BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group, are fueling a 25 percent increase in output, and “that’s what’s killing the super-cycle,” Glasenberg said two months ago in London.