Coal miner Consol Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) was forced to close two of its southwestern Pennsylvania coal mines at the end of July due to the collapse of two conveyor belts that carries coal…
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index for July rose by 6% following three months of decline. Sharp rises in grain and sugar prices led to the jump. The US…
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.14 and $1 billion in revenue after the markets closed last night. The company posted EPS of $0.24 for the same…
Silver is trying to make a breakout as spot silver has been trading between $28.00 and $28.20 most of yesterday and today. Its chart is running into some resistance after having bottomed out at…
Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) reported a second-quarter adjusted net loss of $0.33 and $1.85 billion in revenue before markets opened today. Earnings per share for the same period a year ago were…
Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL) has had troubles of its own for a while. After the U.S. Silver Corporation (traded in Canada, operating in Idaho) said that a sufficient number of its common shareholders…
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is seeing another analyst jump on its bandwagon after what has been a dismal ride down. Shares have fallen close to 80% over the past year and change, but…
As much as 85% of the US Midwest got rained on this weekend in amounts varying between 0.2-0.8 inches, offering some relief for corn and soybean crops in the country’s main growing region. More…
The venture capital arm of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) has invested an undisclosed amount in a Series C round of financing for lightweight steel maker NanoSteel Co. GM joins seven other venture capital…
Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 and $8.3 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago totaled $0.46, and…
Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC) fired its CEO after the markets closed last night. The company replaced Tye Burt, its chief executive for the past seven years, with J. Paul Rollinson, who had been…
Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $5.47 and $6.83 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago came to $4.60, and…
Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) reported a second quarter adjusted EPS loss of $0.03 and $107.6 million in revenue after markets closed today. Adjusted EPS for the same period a year ago totaled $0.52, and…
The past seven days have seen drought conditions intensify in the states of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, according to today’s report from the US Drought Monitor: Pretty much all of Kansas, Missouri…
The ADP report on jobs managed to come in much better than expected. This has somewhat dampened the hope that the FOMC will need to immediately begin new stimulus measures via the so-called QE3. The…