► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />The commodities saga of the year, the proposed merger between trader Glencore and miner Xstrata, reaches its denouement on Friday. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Richard Stovin-Bradford discuss whether the deal is now dead and where this leaves the two companies.<br /><br />Related article: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08f2de6e-f386-11e1-b3a2-00144feabdc0.html<br /><br />For more commentary from the Lex team, visit http://www.ft.com/lex <br /><br />http://www.FT.com/
