Rainmaker: Qatari myths swirl in the Glencore-Xstrata sandstorm - Telegraph

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani and Qatar have become the kingmakers of the Glencore-Xstrata mega merger Photo: AP

Despite having $500bn (£312bn) of liquified gas dollars to spend at an almost meteoric rate, until now most people in the City hadn’t taken them seriously.
However, as it stands, the fate of corporate Britain’s biggest deal of the past seven years rests in their hands.
Not to mention the future of Glencore’s Ivan Glasenberg and Xstrata’s Mick Davis.

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