It is wholly owned by the Swiss commodities trading firm, Glencore as of November 2011.

Minara operates the Murrin Murrin Mine located in the north-east Goldfields region of Western Australia which is one of the top ten nickel mines in Australia.

[1] Based in Perth, Minara Resources was founded in 1994 as the successor to Anaconda Nickel Ltd. which was founded by Fortescue Metals Group chief Andrew Forrest.

At the time of takeover, it was valued at a total of A$1.02 billion.

[3] Prior to its full takeover by Glencore, its board of directors as of February 2010 were: