Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week include the Mouxit, smart bins and stupid people, an underground bike station, SBB double deckers and a two decade old murder.
Metals and mining giant Glencore is considering listing itself on the South African stock exchange, the world's top minerals bourse, a source familiar with the issue told AFP.
Shareholders of the Swiss commodities giant
Glencore and Swiss mining group Xstrata on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a
merger of the two companies to create a goliath capable of out-muscling nearly
everyone in their field.
Shareholders of Swiss commodities giant Glencore overwhelmingly approved a tie-up with Swiss mining giant Xstrata, during an extraordinary general assembly meeting on Tuesday.
Shareholders in commodities giant Glencore and mining group Xstrata are to vote Tuesday on a proposed $33-billion mega merger at two extraordinary general meetings near Zurich.
Qatar's sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday that it will vote in favour of commodities giant Glencore's bid to merge with Swiss mining group Xstrata, giving a major boost to the deal.
Swiss commodities giant Xstrata called Thursday for a management shake-up at Lonmin, in which it is a major shareholder, citing serious financial problems at the platinum mining group.
Swiss commodities giant Glencore says its performance in the third quarter was good, but cautioned that there is no sign that global conditions for its business would improve soon.
