Glencorexstrata :Glencore Group is one of the world's top 500 companies and one of the world's commodity trading giants, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, and is a leading producer and operator of commodities worldwide.

Glencore International AG ( Glencore International AG was founded in 1974 by billionaire Marc Rich; Glencore was initially engaged in the physical marketing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and soon afterwards expanded into minerals, crude oil and oil products.

In the early 1980s, Canco established a grain acquisition Dutch trading company and formed a group of basic agricultural products companies. Later, it ventured into coal and other energy products. Canco's operations cover production, procurement, processing, smelting, transportation, storage, financing, supply of metals and minerals, energy products and agricultural products.

Currently, Canadean's Global Markets Division has more than 50 offices in over 40 countries and employs over 2,000 people; its Industrial Operations Division operates 15 plants in 13 countries and employs over 50,000 people. 2010 revenues were US$145 billion. With total assets of US$79.8 billion, Canadean's shareholders' funds were US$19.6 billion as of December 31, 2010. The company has customers all over the world and is involved in a wide range of industries, such as automotive, oil, electricity, steel production and food processing.

Glencore Xstrata is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and is one of the biggest companies within the FTSE 100 Index. The Group's industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network Our diversified operations comprise of over 150 mining and metallurgical sites, offshore oil We employ approximately 190,000 people, including contractors.

< p>The combination of a leading integrated producer and marketer of commodities with a leading portfolio of industrial assets enables us to capture value at every stage of the supply chain from sourcing raw materials deep underground to delivering products to an international customer base. amp;lt;/p>