Glencore Xstrata International is a Swiss company, the world's largest exporter of coal for power plants and also a leading producer of copper. Glencore Xstrata was launched in February 2012 as a result of the merger of two of the largest Swiss companies in its field - the trading company Glencore International AG, one of the most influential suppliers of raw materials and rare earth materials, and the mining company Xstrata, which develops deposits of copper, zinc, gold, silver, lead and more.
The transaction that led to the formation of Glencore Xstrata International was the most significant in the history of the mining industry. Valued at $90 billion, the company is currently engaged in the extraction, processing and marketing of energy, various metals, as well as grains on all five continents, building supply chains of any complexity.