Johannesburg - Murray
Houston is taking over as head of Glencore’s South African coal operations,
replacing Clinton Ephron.
This is
according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified
because the information isn’t public.
Houston manages
operations at Glencore Coal in the country and previously managed Xstrata Plc’s
South African coal unit. Glencore bought Xstrata in 2013.
Glencore’s
assets in South Africa include ferroalloy and coal operations as well as
a senior independent non-executive director at Baar, Switzerland-based
Glencore.