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Glencore offers bonds in Oz as it assesses local targets

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Sep 2014

The resources giant is selling debt down under for the first time following indications that it is looking to buy more Australian assets.

BHP Billiton to split in two

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Aug 2014

The world's biggest mining company has announced a demerger, while Glencore has been buying up its own shares.

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Glencore appoints Patrice Merrin as first female director

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jun 2014

The commodity trading giant has appointed the former Canadian mining executive to its board.

Barrick Gold’s chair lauds Glencore over BHP as a mining model

Article Staff Reporter - 1 May 2014

In an exit interview, Barrick Gold's founder Peter Munk has said Glencore Xstrata's boss is going to "eat them all".

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The ‘hidden’ billions of SA’s elite executives

Article Thalia Holmes - 10 Apr 2014

Sky-high salaries for top executives are one thing, but shares and dividends push overall incomes far higher.

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Glencore said to seek $15-bn loan to cut interest costs

Article Stephen Morris - 3 Apr 2014

The commodity giant is puportedly trying to cut debt costs by looking for a R160-billion loan.

Glencore’s low-profile billionaire

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Mar 2014

Glencore Xtrata chief executive Ivan Glasenberg may be a commodities emperor, but you wouldn't know it if you met him.

Glencore Xstrata: A controversial colossus

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Mar 2014

The mining company has risen from obscurity to become a formidable force in the industry.

Swiss score local gold’s tax benefits

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Dec 2012

Neighbours of Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg feel uneasy about the bounty they have received.

Glencore sweetens Xstrata offer

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Sep 2012

But the to and fro unsettles potential investors in the mining and commodity giant.

Glencore and Xstrata merger eyed with suspicion

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Apr 2012

Ivan Glasenberg and Mick Davis are expected to begin global tour to coax shareholders into accepting their proposed £23-billion merger deal.

The fair share vs greed debate

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Mar 2012

Governments has a right to be paid its due by companies but excessive demands will scare off investors, says Cyril Ramaphosa and Ivan Glasenberg.

Glencore puts its foot down on ‘fair’ Xstrata deal

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Mar 2012

Glencore has brushed aside worries over Xstrata investors, sticking to its guns on what it called a "fair" deal for the companies' merger.

Huge merger wobbles a lopsided world

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Feb 2012

Xstrata and Glencore to go ahead with merger.

Glencore Xstrata could irk authorities over merger plans

Article Lynley Donnelly - 10 Feb 2012

But Glencore and Xstrata executives maintain that they are merely consolidating their business.

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