Xstrata PLC

Xstrata PLC

• Survey: Firms still reluctant to make acquisitions

  Companies around the world are still reluctant to go on the acquisition trail even though they are becoming are more confident about the global ... 

• Glencore, Xstrata merger clears final hurdle

  Commodities trader Glencore says its merger with mining company Xstrata PLC has cleared its final hurdle after Chinese regulators approved the deal. 

• Glencore extends Xstrata merger deadline to May

  Commodities trader Glencore says its expected merger with mining company Xstrata PLC will take longer than planned to allow Chinese regulators to give ... 

• Glencore sees sharp fall in 2012 earnings

  Commodities trader Glencore's net earnings fell 75 percent last year due to weaker sales prices and charges related to its holding in Russian aluminum ... 

• UN team evaluates Dominican mine expansion project

  A team of experts from the U.N. on Tuesday began evaluating a proposed nickel mine expansion in the Dominican Republic that has been halted by a court ... 

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  Global corporate deals nearly halved in 5 years

  The value of mergers and acquisitions deals around the world in 2012 was nearly half the amount made five years ago, when the financial crisis first ...