Competitive position
Xstrata is the fifth largest diversified mining company in the world, with top five industry positions in copper, export thermal coal, export coking coal, ferrochrome, zinc and nickel. In addition, the Group has recycling facilities, additional exposures to platinum, gold, cobalt, lead, silver and vanadium and a suite of mining and metals related technologies, many of which are industry leaders. As a FTSE 100 diversified mining company, Xstrata’s key competitors are Anglo American plc, BHP Billiton plc and Rio Tinto plc, all of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange, and Vale, a Brazilian mining company. Our financial KPIs show our performance against our key FTSE 100 listed competitors (collectively ‘FTSE Diversifieds’). A broader, global industry peer group is used to benchmark total shareholder return performance, including to determine performance under the Group’s long-term incentive plan.
| Competitors* | |
|---|---|
| Key FTSE 100 competitors: | Global peer group**: |
| Anglo American BHP Billiton Rio Tinto |
Alcoa Inc Arch Coal Inc Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) Copper & Gold Inc Eramet SA Freeport McMoRan Grupo Mexico SA de CV Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd Korea Zinc Inc MMC Norilsk Nickel Nordeutsche Affinerie AG Peabody Energy Corp Teck Cominco Ltd Vedanta Resources plc |
- *2009 peer group
- **Includes FTSE Diversifieds
Diversified portfolio with significant industry positions
