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Xstratai

Xstrata is a Swiss mining group, producing coal copper, nickel, primary vanadium and zinc. Originally founded in 1926 focusing on infrastructure, Marc Rich + Co AG became its majority shareholder in 1990 and it moved into mining. Glencore is bidding to acquire Xstrata, seeking to marry its coal, copper and zinc mines, with Glencore’s trading prowess.

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Glencore Xstrata's head of aluminium, Gary Fegel, is set to leave the company, sources said, the first high-profile departure since commodity trading giant Glencore closed its purchase of miner Xstrata this month.

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John Bond, the chairman of Glencore Xstrata, the world's largest exporter of power-station coal, was deposed by his shareholders yesterday, with the former chief executive of BP, Tony Hayward, appointed as interim chairman in his place.