Xstrata (XTA) Share Price

XTA – Xstrata PLC Investor Summary

Xstrata PLC is a diversified mining company that has dealings on a global scale. It currently focuses on seven main commodity markets including coking and thermal coal, copper, nickel, ferrochrome, vanadium and zinc. They also have a growing interest in the platinum group metals and a vested interest in the fields of gold, silver, lead and cobalt. In addition to these highly useful and popular commodity groups, Xstrata also has a number of globally recognised technology products in its arsenal, many of which are leading names within their industries.

The company is currently listed on both the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 100) and the Swiss Stock Exchange as the headquarters are based in Switzerland. They have projects and operations spanning 18 countries and are classed as a global leader within the mining industry. At present Xstrata PLC is considered to be one of the top five diversified metals and mining companies in the world and has high market positions in each of the seven commodity groups mentioned above. Since being floated on the Stock Exchange in 2001, Xstrata has acquired a large number of subsidiary companies that have helped to make them the global company they are today and to ensure the share price of Xstrata continues to stay stable throughout unsteady periods. Two such acquisitions that have occurred within the last year are that of Resource Pacific Holdings Limited and Jubilee Mines in Western Australia – both of which offer good potential growth projects and a number of successful working mines to begin with.