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Xstrata
Xstrata plc was an Anglo-Swiss Multinational corporation, multinational mining company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It was a major producer of coal (and the world's largest exporter of thermal coal), copper, nickel, primary vanadium and zinc and the world's largest producer of ferrochrome. It had operations in 19 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America. Xstrata had a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £29 billion as of 23 December 2011, making it the 16th-largest company on the London Stock Exchange. It had a secondary listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange. In the 2013 Forbes Global 2000, Xstrata was ranked as the 202nd largest public company in the world. On 2 May 2013 Xstrata was acquired by Glencore. Glencore later retired the Xstrata brand, and the company name change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glencore
Glencore plc is an Anglo-Swiss Multinational corporation, multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, Baar, Switzerland. Glencore's oil and gas headquarters are in London, London, England as well as its primary listing being on the London Stock Exchange, and it is one of the largest components of the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100 by market capitalization. Its registered office is in Saint Helier, Jersey, a Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency of the United Kingdom. By some estimates, it is the world's largest commodity trader, and among the world's largest companies. The company was formed in 1994 by a management buyout of Marc Rich + Co AG (itself founded in 1974). The company merged with Xstrata in 2013, increasing its size substantially. Before that, the company was already one of the world's largest integrated producers and marketers of commodities. It was the largest company in Switzerland as well as the world's largest commodities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
