RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:private road to Ring of Fire ‘totally wrong’Re a Savvy Partner for KWG: The 'Glencore' name wins out Michael Allan McCrae | December 8, 2013 Glencore Xstrata will just be called Glencore, according to a report from the Financial Times. The name change will be rolled out in 2014. The FT learned of the change from ". . . people familiar with the situation." Kicked off in 2012, the merger of Swiss-based commodities giants Glencore and Xstrata was a protracted saga fraught with repeated setbacks and delays. Regulatory approval wrapped up in early 2013. Glencore Xstrara is the world's 12th largest company, according to Fortune Global 500.