Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N.

London, 07 May 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service has today affirmed the Baa2 ratings on the outstanding notes of the various subsidiaries of Glencore Xstrata Plc (formerly Glencore International Plc, or 'Glencore'), with the exception of Viterra's CAD ...

The shares of Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) rallied 1% to 347p this morning after the newly merged commodities giant revealed an 18% increase in first-quarter copper production to 321,000 tonnes.

LONDON--Mining and commodities trading giant Glencore Xstrata PLC (GLEN.LN), said Thursday that following shareholders vote against the re-election of former chairman John Bond as a director at the company's AGM, Tony Hayward has been appointed ...

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Glencore Xstrata shareholders have voted to oust all former Xstrata directors from the board of the combined company, with almost 81 percent voting to immediately remove the already outgoing former Xstrata chairman, John Bond. Along with Bond ...

The move returns Hayward to the limelight at one of London's largest firms, while Sir John Bond, the former chairman of Xstrata and British blue chips HSBC and Vodafone, suffered the ignominy of an 81 percent vote to unseat him. Bond, who had drawn ...

Glencore Xstrata is set to appoint former BP boss Tony Hayward as interim chairman, after John Bond failed to be reelected to the top job at the company's inaugural shareholder meeting, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

Former BP boss Tony Hayward, appointed as interim chairman of Glencore Xstrata on Thursday, will step down once a new chairman takes up the role, the company said.

How attractive are the shares of Glencore International plc (LON: GLEN) and Xstrata (LON: XTA)? I believe that giant commodities trader Glencore International (LSE: GLEN) and mining leviathan Xstrata (LSE: XTA) are well positioned to tread higher now ...