Vale Logo – Vale SA is a multinational Brazilian founded in 1942 and headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the company operates in the mining, logistics, energy, steel and oil, in 2010 the market value of the company exceeded the 160 billion dollars and had a turnover of over 50 billion dollars.

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Its activities in the energy and logistics are held in a logic of vertical integration from its mining, its main business, to reduce risks and price fluctuations related to these services. Vale now owns interests in power hydroelectric and held assets in the steel industry and the paper industry it sold in 2000. In October 2006, Vale acquired the Canadian Inco, a leading producer of nickel and platinum to 18.9 billion dollars. More

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BHP Billiton Logo — BHP Billiton is the company mining world’s largest. Its origin comes from the merger (2001) of the Australian company Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) and the British company Billiton. It has a dual share structure. While BHP Billiton Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, BHP Billiton Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is part of the FTSE 100.

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The Australian BHP Billiton Limited and the British BHP Billiton Plc are listed independently and with separate shareholder bodies, but they operate as one company with a single board and a single administrative structure. Its head office is in Melbourne with offices in London, Perth, Johannesburg, Santiago, Singapore, Shanghai, Houston and The Hague. The company operates a wide range of mining operations in 25 countries, including iron, diamonds, manganese, coal (coking and thermal), copper, nickel, oil and bauxite. The global workforce is about 40,000 people. More

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Anglo American Logo — Anglo American plc is a global mining company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore, metallurgical and thermal coal, and the world’s largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world production. Has operations in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America. Primarily listed on the London Stock Exchange and is part of the index FTSE 100. Secondarily also listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

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Sir Ernest Oppenheimer along with American JP Morgan, founded the Anglo American Corporation, a gold mining company, in 1917 with £ 1 million, with British and American funds, and thereby derived the name of the company. The PCA is became the largest shareholder of the company De Beers in 1926. Two years later, the AAC began mining in the belt of Zambia for copper. More

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Xstrata Logo — Xstrata plc is a global mining company with world headquarters in Zug, Switzerland and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. Is one of the largest producers of coal (and the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal), copper, nickel, vanadium primary and zinc and the world’s largest producer of ferrochrome. Operates in 19 countries to over Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America.

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Mainly is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is part of the index FTSE 100. It has a second listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Its largest shareholder, with a stake of around 34%, is Glencore International AG. More

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Rio Tinto Logo — Rio Tinto Group is an international business group sector mining , formed from the merger in 1995 of Rio Tinto-Zinc Corporation (RTZ), based in the United Kingdom and formerly known as Rio Company Tinto Limited and Rio Tinto of Australia Limited Conzinc (CRA), based in Australia. It is the coal mining group world’s largest two with a profit of 8.974 million U.S. dollars in the year 2006 on a turnover of 25,440 million. Has agreed to buy Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. per 38.1 billion dollars, in a move that will create the largest global leader of aluminum. The President of Alcan, Dick Evans, will lead the new division will be renamed “Rio Tinto Alcan” and will have its headquarters in Montreal.

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The Company is engaged in the extraction of iron ore, copper, coal, talc, titanium dioxide, salt, aluminum and even diamonds through several divisions throughout the planet. More

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Iberdrola Logo — Iberdrola based in Bilbao, is a privately held global level, with experience forged over more than 150 years of history, which has about 33,000 employees in over 40 countries on four continents and serves 30 million customers. Following the growth and internationalization process undertaken since 2001, Iberdrola is today the first Spanish energy group by market value, the world’s leading wind farm and a major global power market capitalization.

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Thanks to corporate operations carried out in recent years, especially the integration of Scottish Power Scottish and the acquisition of Energy East, as well as the presence in Mexico and Brazil, where he bought in 2011 the distributor Elektro The group has focused its activity in the Atlantic area, where it hopes to continue growing. More

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