Xstrata.
XSTRATA Xstrata plc is an international mining company, listed on both the London Stock Exchange (LSE: XTA) and the SWX Swiss Exchange. Its headquarters are in Zug in Switzerland and it is a member of the FTSE 100 Index. , a Swiss metals and mining company, bought for US$750 million the Tintaya copper mine in Peru from BHP Billiton BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company.[1] Its origin is in the 2001 merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) and the UK's Billiton, which has a South African background. The result is a dual-listed company. , a global mining company. The purchase adds 120,000 tons (Transparent Optical Networking Services) A marketing term for providing dark fiber to a customer. The customer is responsible for generating the transmission signal and interpreting it at the other end. See dark fiber. of copper cathodes to the company's annual production.
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