Ferroalloys · Nickel · Cobalt · Iron Ore

lencore and its subsidiaries market iron ore, bulk ferroalloys (including ferrochrome, ferromanganese, silicon manganese, and ferrosilicon), noble alloys (such as vanadium pentoxide, ferrovanadium, ferromolybdenum and molybdenum oxide), nickel and cobalt metal (including nickel and cobalt concentrates and ferronickel) and carbon steel products.

Glencore is also a leading participant in the worldwide noble alloys market. Noble alloys, such as vanadium pentoxide and ferro vanadium, are used as hardening elements in the production of carbon and special steels.

Glencore is also a supplier of silicon alloys, which are used in the production of carbon steel. Glencore or its subsidiaries supply major steel mills in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Production assets
Glencore owns approximately 34.4 of Xstrata, which produces Ferrochrome and Vanadium in South Africa.
A subsidiary of Glencore holds a direct 40% interest in the Murrin Murrin project in Australia and 100% interest in Minara Resources Ltd which in turn holds the remaining 60% of Murrin Murrin.
A subsidiary of Glencore also owns 73.1% of Mopani, a copper and cobalt mine in Zambia.
Subsidiaries of Glencore own interests in two copper and cobalt operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, namely a 40% interest in Mutanda Mining and a 75.15% interest in Katanga Mining Limited, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.