thinkstockBack in July, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) warned that an El Niño weather pattern was forming in the eastern Pacific Ocean, threatening the Northern Hemisphere with a warmer, drier weather pattern for…
ThinkstockMolycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) shares were holding up fine after earnings, but the company’s 10-Q Filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission listed an SEC investigation that went back to the month of August.…
ThinkstockInvestors were buying gold yesterday on the belief that newly re-elected President Obama will not be able to come up with a way to avoid having the U.S. economy fall off the fiscal cliff…
ThinkstockJames River Coal Co. (NASDAQ: JRCC) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The mining company posted a net loss of $0.59 per share on revenues of $288.1 million. In the same period a year…
ThinkstockRandgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The gold mining company posted basic earnings per share (EPS) of $1.12 on revenues of $319.87 million. In the same period a year…
ThinkstockWhen Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) reported third-quarter results yesterday, the silver miner noted that lower sales and lower prices hit both revenues and profits, down 13% and 11% respectively. A year-over-year drop of…
ThinkstockGold prices are down nearly 2% today and gold mining stocks are taking their lumps right along with the yellow metal. Today’s U.S. jobs report has pumped some air into the greenback, which is…
ThinkstockAlpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The coal mining company posted a net loss of $0.16 per share on revenues of $1.46 billion. In the same period a…
ThinkstockGold miners have been hit hard in the past 12 months by falling prices for the yellow metal and by higher mining costs. Over the course of the past year, prices are nearly flat,…
ThinkstockBarrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The gold miner posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 on revenues of $3.44 billion. In the same period a year ago,…
ThinkstockUnited States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) has reported its third-quarter results and its income from operations came to $171 million. Net income was $44 million, or $0.28 per share, but that is said to…
thinkstockArcher Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) reported fiscal first-quarter 2013 earnings this morning. The agribusiness giant posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 on revenues of $21.81 billion. In the same period…
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) reported third quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The coal mining company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.20 on revenues of $1.09 billion. In…
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported third-quarter 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.74 on revenues of $2.14 billion. In the…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) should have hoped founder Richard Shulze might have bought the firm as he considered its financial status. Now, it may be too late. Best Buy offered the kind…