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On Monday, Arch Coal posted a loss of about $2 billion for the third quarter of 2015. The case for a bankruptcy at Arch Coal looms ever larger.
Cliffs Natural Resources reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
Newmont Mining reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2015 earnings after markets closed Wednesday.
Peabody Energy and CONSOL Energy reported their latest quarter results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
Merrill Lynch was once positive on some of the major players in the steel industry, but now it believes these falling prices could spell disaster for AK Steel or U.S. Steel.
Freeport-McMoRan reported mixed third-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
The last time coffee prices were this low was early 2014. The commodity price fell nearly 6% Friday.
ThinkstockShares of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE: FCX) traded down more than 5% in mid-afternoon trading Friday after gaining nearly 40% in the month of October. Of course, that follows a drop of...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and crop production reports Friday morning.
Alcoa earnings were not up to snuff, according to analysts, but the results could also reflect a huge mistake that the company has made in choosing to split up.
ThinkstockAt first glance 24/7 Wall St. would not expect the Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) earnings report to be positive, especially considering the company just recently announce a plan to split in 2016....
After getting a 10% share price boost on Wednesday, Freeport-McMoRan has added as much as another 3% in Thursday's premarket session.
Since reaching a peak in 2011, food prices have dropped by a third on the strength of bumper crops and improved global availability of food.
Copper miner and oil producer Freeport-McMoRan announced Wednesday morning that the company had appointed two new board members recommended by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Monsanto reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.