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Monsanto reported fourth-quarter and fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary report on August farm prices Tuesday afternoon.
Glencore's recent share offering raised $2.5 billion that the company planned to use to reduce its debt burden of some $30 billion, most accrued in its acquisition of Xstrata.
As much as Alcoa and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld want everyone to accept that what Alcoa calls the upstream business is sound and on a growth path, the reality is a little more complicated.
Alcoa announced Monday morning that the company will split into two independent, publicly traded companies.
Cal-Maine Foods reported mixed first-quarter fiscal 2016 results before markets opened Monday morning.
The scandal swirling around Volkswagen will inevitably have an impact on other diesel vehicle makers. That is not good news for platinum.
AK Steel expects the positive financial effects of higher shipments, lower raw material costs, cost reduction efforts and higher operating rates will partially offset lingering low carbon steel spot...
On the EconoMonitor blog, two researchers from the IMF have posted a brief account of the commodity price downturn in both base metals and oil.
Glencore has placed a total of more than a billion new ordinary shares in the London-traded company with existing and new institutional shareholders, as well as certain company officials and...
Alcoa was down in the market on Monday on news of an alumina curtailment as discussions continue with the government of Suriname.
What are investors to make of a Bank of America Merrill Lynch research call where the firm is recommending one steel and one aluminum company and ditching a key steel stock it has been defending for...
Glencore said Monday that it will suspend its dividend, issue $2.5 billion in new stock and sell assets, including a stake in its agricultural business.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary report on July farm prices Monday afternoon.
Icahn is not necessarily looking for a dividend payout, but it can be surmised that he almost certainly wants Freeport-McMoRan to get rid of the oil and gas albatross it acquired.