Full Description

Noble Group Limited (Noble) is an investment holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in managing the global supply chain of agricultural, industrial and energy products; ship ownership, chartering and the provision of technical ship management services; trade finance; coal mining, soybean and sugar cane crushing activities, and ethanol production. The Company operates in two segments: supply of agricultural, industrial and energy products segment, which comprises the businesses of supplying these commodities and the corporate investments, and logistics segment, which comprises the Company’s ship ownership, vessel chartering and related operations and the provision of technical ship management services. In September 2008, Noble and H.E.S. Beheer N.V. acquired Maas Silo B.V. In November 2008, it announced the sale of its interest in Portman Limited. As of May 27, 2009, Noble held a 58.36% interest in Gloucester Coal Limited.