Our industrial business spans the metals and energy markets, producing multiple commodities from over 60 assets
Marketing
We move commodities from where they are plentiful to where they are needed
We are Glencore, one of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resource companies.
Founded in the 1970s as a trading company, we have grown to become a major producer and marketer of commodities – employing 135,000 people around the world.
Our operations comprise around 60 mining, metallurgical and oil production assets. Our purpose is to responsibly source the commodities that advance everyday life. We do this by delivering on our strategy to be active at every stage of the commodity supply chain. Our diversity by geography, product and activity, maximises the value we create for our business and its diverse stakeholders.
People are at the heart of our business. That’s why we prioritise safety at all our assets; why we seek to minimise our impacts on the environment and communities; and why we aim to attract employees who strive to be leaders in their field.
What we do
Metals and minerals
Including copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc and lead, ferroalloys, aluminium/alumina, iron ore, gold and silver
Glencore is a mining and commodities trader and a natural resource company. Its operations comprise of mining and metallurgical sites, oil production, and…………!
We are a global and diversified natural resource company. From powering the electric vehicle revolution, to the smartphone in your pocket, the commodities we source enable modern life. www.glencore.com
Specialties Energy, Metals and Minerals, Agriculture, and Commodity marketing
Locations
Baarermattstrasse 3Baar, ZG 6340, CH
100 King St W Toronto, ON M5X 2A1, CA
1 Macquarie Pl Sydney, NSW 2000, AU
23 Melrose Blvd Johannesburg, Gauteng 2196, ZA
Employees at Glencore
Amit Sanghvi
Helping Glencore optimise their database estate
Damon Vance
Oil Copper Economics
Shawn pajuluoma
Cyrille Jouin
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History
We are one of the largest global diversified natural resource companies in the world. Explore our history.
We were founded in 1974. Today, Glencore is one of the world’s leading diversified natural resource companies, producing and trading more than 90 commodities.
We are one of the world’s largest globally diversified natural resource companies. Explore our company in brief.
Net-zero emissions company by 2050
We are pleased to report good progress over the past year against our commitments on the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Amazing materials
Copper, zinc, aluminium, nickel, cobalt: these amazing metals are some of the fundamental building blocks of modern life – and our future. Here, you can discover their story and how Glencore works to provide them safely and responsibly.
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