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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 CerrejA¦n 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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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
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New Gold Announces 16% Increase in Gold Sales and 17% Decrease in Cash Cost in...
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Xstrata set to put Anglo bid on hold: report
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DJ Xstrata: Won't Exercise Option On Minera Andes Copper Project
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Xstrata abandons Anglo, commits to US$700m expansion
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Xstrata Holds On $48B Anglo Deal
News & Analysis
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Anglo Appoints RBS Chairman to Board
ReutersUK
- 2009-11-09
By Eric OnstadLONDON (Reuters UK) - Miner Anglo American PLC AAL -- under pressure by shareholders to perform following an abortive merger approach by Xstrata XTA -- made the first of three new appointments to revamp its board on Monday.Anglo appointed Sir Philip Hampton, the chairman of the Royal Bank...
Xstrata still keen on deal with Anglo
Financial Times
- 2009-10-15
Xstrata signalled on Thursday that it remained interested in a deal with Anglo American even as it dropped its ambitious proposal for a "merger of equals" with the rival miner.The Switzerland-based mining company on Thursday backed away from making a formal offer for Anglo after the UK Takeover Panel...
Xstrata in cash deal to sell Chilean project
Financial Times
- 2009-10-12
Xstrata, the multinational mining company, has agreed to sell its controlling interest in an undeveloped Chilean copper and gold project to Canada's Barrick Gold, the world's largest gold miner, for $465m (£294m) cash.The move has increased industry speculation about Xstrata's intentions ahead of its October 20 deadline to formalise...
Flurry of mining interest revives flagging Footsie
Financial Times
- 2009-09-04
Bid hopes lifted Lonmin yesterday as the mining sector gave the FTSE 100 its first gain of the week.The platinum specialist was up 9.4 per cent to £15.78 after Exane BNP Paribas added its weight to speculation Xstrata will make a second bid approach.Xstrata, Lonmin's 24.9 per...
A full glass for BHP Billiton
BNET
- 2009-08-12
This year investors in mining companies have grown accustomed to seeing the glass as half empty rather than half full, as profits have evaporated following the fall in commodities prices. But BHP Billiton, the world???s largest mining company, filled investors??? cups to the brim on Wednesday by reporting full-year results...
BREAKFAST DEALS: China billion
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Lunch isn't just for wimps. Check out LUNCH DEALS for more wheels and deals later today. China hasn't completely turned off Australia, with rumours of China Investment Corporation buying a $1 billion convertible note in Fortescue following its investment in Goodman Group. Also, Rio Tinto's Stern Hu is expected to...
Xstrata appeals to Anglo as profits plunge
Financial Times
- 2009-08-04
Mick Davis, chief executive of Xstrata, called again on rival miner Anglo American to engage in merger talks for the sake of both companies' shareholders, as the Swiss-based mining company's profits fell 68 per cent but still beat expectations.Xstrata's message on Tuesday at its interim results was very similar...
Budget hotel success key for Whitbread
- 2008-12-09
Investment Column Our view: Hold Share price: 817.5p (+55.5p) Whitbread, the owners of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, continues to attract hard-pressed customers into its coffee shops and budget hotels, despite the tanking consumer economy. Yesterday, the company posted total sales...
Struggling Debenhams 'may cut dividend'
- 2008-10-02
Market Report MERRILL LYNCH resumed coverage on Debenhams yesterday, forecasting a fall in earnings and highlighting the prospect of a cut in the department store's dividend. "Other retailers' margin-protection strategies are likely to lead to increasing competition, which, coupled with a weak consumer [environment] and...
Xstrata drops Pounds 5.6bn Lonmin bid but raises stake to block
- 2008-10-02
Miner blames state of the credit markets for withdrawal XSTRATA, the Anglo-Swiss mining giant, has walked away from its 5.6bn hostile pursuit of Lonmin, blaming the parlous state of the credit markets. Yet analysts believe it will come back to the table after building a blocking stake...
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