Glencore Xstrata plc Competition

Glencore Xstrata (formerly Glencore International) trades in the stuff of which stuff is made. The commodities trader (metals and minerals, agricultural products, and energy) and a diversified natural resources conglomerate has interests in companies involved in mining, smelting, refining, and agriculture. In the energy sector, it markets such products as coal, crude oil, jet fuel, and gasoline. Glencore Xstrata's holdings include minority interests in Century Aluminum and French base metals refiner  Recylex, and majority control of Australian nickel miner Minara Resources. It also owns Canada-based grain giant Viterra. In 2013 the company bought the 66% of Swiss-based mineral miner Xstrata it did not already own for $41 billion and became Glencore Xstrata.