BNET Industries
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$8.0B
- Public
- CH
Dow Jones Description
Extracting minerals and materials for over 40 years. London, England-based Xstrata Plc (London: XTA) is a diversified metals and mining company. The company exports coal, produces ferrochrome and vanadium, mines and smelts zinc, mines anthracite and harvests wood. These activities are carried out throughout Australia, South Africa, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Chile and its home base of the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1958, has revenue of $8 billion and employs about 17,000 people. In 2005 the company acquired a one-third stake in CerrejAŚn thermal coal operation, a large scale, cost competitive asset with an exceptional reserve base and access to the high growth US and European markets for $1.7 billion, and purchased 19.9% of Falconbridge Limited.
Number of Employees 40,049
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Metal Ore Mining: 212299
Recent Events
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Northern Ontario city of Timmins to lose almost Xstrata 700 mining jobs
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Reportlinker Adds Nickel - Global Market Opportunities
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China's Zijin Bids For Indophil
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Xstrata: Xstrata Copper Enters Agreement With Zijin Mining Group In Respect Of Indophil Shares
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4th UPDATE: China Zijin Mining Makes A$545 Million Bid For Indophil
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Kria Resources in Discussions With Xstrata to Utilize the Brunswick Mill for Ore Processing
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Crowflight Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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BlueScope singled out by Xstrata suit
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PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - Nov 5
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New Gold Announces a 16% Increase in Production, 17% Decrease in Cash Cost in the...
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Xstrata Q3 output mixed, concern on currencies
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It's Only A Matter Of Time Before Mick Davis Seduces Cynthia's Shareholders
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Three Deals Enter, Two Deals Leave
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Xstrata Drops Anglo American Bid
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Anglo American Is to Shed Managers and Some Units
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Marcial: The Gleam in Barrick Gold
News & Analysis
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London
- 2008-05-21
WORLD MARKETS The FTSE 100 closed 2.9 per cent lower - down 184.9 points at 6,191.6 - for its biggest one-day fall since mid-March, as investors dumped overheated mining stocks. Antofagasta, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Xstrata, Vedanta Resources, Kazakhmys, Lonmin and ENRC lost between 4.5 and...
London
- 2008-04-25
WORLD MARKETS The FTSE 100 fell 0.5 per cent as growth concerns hit commodity shares, but beaten-down banks recovered earlier losses. The index declined 32.9 to 6,050.7, after earlier falling 2.2 per cent. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Eurasian Natural Resources, Xstrata, Antofagasta and Lonmin were down...
London
- 2008-03-13
WORLD MARKETS The FTSE 100 ended up sharply, powered by miners that were led higher by takeover target Kazakhmys, which rose 16 per cent. The blue-chip index closed up 86 at 5,776.4, shrugging off Alistair Darling's first Budget. BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Xstrata, Lonmin and Vedanta...
WORLD MARKETS
- 2008-01-18
London The FTSE 100 fell in volatile trade, racking up its third successive day of losses as commodity shares were hit by fears of a US recession. The blue-chip index shed 0.7 per cent to 5,902.4. Miners were the worst hit: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, Kazakhmys,...
FTSE 100 fallers
- 2007-03-10
Xstrata Lonmin Antofagasta Rio Tinto GSK Compass ITV Cadbury Schw Johnson Mt
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