Fertilizer maker, The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), outlined its strategy for the coming months at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 Agricultural, Protein & Fertilizer Conference today. We decided to prepare a quick-hit look at…
In the wake of a poor first quarter report, iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF), formerly known as Cleveland-Cliffs, has tightened its belt and the belts of all its shareholders. The company’s…
Today’s announcement of a merger between Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) and Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FCL) creates the third-largest coal producer in the US. The all-stock deal is worth about $2…
Low prices for uranium have hit producers hard, and Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:URRE) has posted the numbers to prove it. First quarter 2009 revenue fell 75%, from $5.7 million in the same period a…
Agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) reporated earnings of a paltry $8 million (EPS of $0.01) on sales of $14.8 billion for its 2009 third quarter which ended on March 31st. Analysts had…
Lower prices for copper and gold hit Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE:NEM) hard in the first quarter of 2009. Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) is also getting hit after its report, and all of this…
The world’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT), is reporting quarterly results lower than even last quarter’s dismal showing. Analysts weren’t expecting much, and they got even less. To add insult to injury to…
Gold is not being used by industry right now and demand for jewelry remains highly unexciting, but many traders are still using the shiny metal stuff for the ultimate flight to safety for protecting…
Based on the TickerSpy index of major industry sectors, hotel REITs had the best performance of any group measured, up almost 60%. At the head of the industry were Diamondrock (DRH) and LaSalle Hotel…
Now this is what really bad news looks like. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) reported first quarter 2009 EPS of $0.11 on net income of $43 million, compared with EPS of $2.64 and…
Because there is no real established exchange for buying and selling uranium, the workings of the uranium mining business is pretty much as mysterious to most of us as the nuclear reaction itself. One…
DuPont ((DD) had nothing good to say about its earnings other than that they were in line with its expectations. The firm announced that net income for the first quarter 2009 was $488 million…
Tomorrow’s the day that fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) will find out if its offer for competitor CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) is too good for shareholders to refuse. Agrium has mailed yet another…
The president and CEO of Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) has apparently purchased 100 shares of stock in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) and requested CF to provide him with a list of all CF…
The slumping global economy has cut demand for steel, and lower demand for steel has cut demand for iron ore. The CEO of Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) put some numbers on that today. Rio’s…