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Also known as Xstrata plc

Xstrata plc was an Anglo-Swiss 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.

Key facts

Company.name
Xstrata plc
Company.logo
Xstrata.svg
Company.logo_size
150px
Company.type
Private company
Company.fate
Reversed IPO – Private Company
Company.foundation
1926
Company.location
Zug, Switzerland(Head office)London, England (Registered office)
Company.key_people
Sir John Bond (Chairman) Mick Davis (CEO to 2014)
Company.industry
Metals, Mining and other Investments
Company.products
Precious Metals, Metals, Non Metals, and Special Ore Materials
Company.revenue
$31.618 billion (2012)
Company.operating_income
$4.790 billion (2012)
Company.net_income
$1.180 billion (2012)
Company.num_employees
35,000 (2018)
Company.homepage
www.xstrata.com.mx

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Type
Company
Founded
1926
Location
London, United Kingdom
Status
Active

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Wikidata facts

Employees
38561
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inception
1926-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2013-00-00
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10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Operations
  • Bulga Coal
  • Mangoola coal mine controversy
  • George Fisher mine
  • Relationship with Glencore
  • The Xstrata name
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Xstrata plc was an Anglo-Swiss 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.

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