<![CDATA[IBTimes.com : Companies - Basic Materials]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/articles/specialcat/157.rss All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com <![CDATA[IBTimes.com : Companies - Basic Materials]]> 120 30 http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/articles/specialcat/157.rss http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif <![CDATA[Lowe’s 1Q Profit Up, But Earnings Forecast Downgraded]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343439/20120521/lowe-s-first-quarter-2012-earnings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343439/20120521/lowe-s-first-quarter-2012-earnings.htm Mon, 21 May 2012 10:13:25 EDT <![CDATA[Steelmaker Nucor Buys Skyline For $605 Million]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342852/20120518/nucor-skyline-arcelormittal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342852/20120518/nucor-skyline-arcelormittal.htm Fri, 18 May 2012 14:36:31 EDT <![CDATA[AngloGold More Than Doubles Profit on High Gold Prices, Sees Metal Going Higher]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339722/20120510/anglogold-earnings-gold-price.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339722/20120510/anglogold-earnings-gold-price.htm Thu, 10 May 2012 16:27:59 EDT <![CDATA[Euro Zone Uncertainties Sink In: Daily Markets Wrap]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338689/20120508/daily-markets-wrap.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338689/20120508/daily-markets-wrap.htm Tue, 08 May 2012 16:05:52 EDT <![CDATA[Australian Beef Industry Forecasts 30 Million Head Herd in 2012]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338250/20120507/australian-beef-industry-forecasts-30-million-head.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/338250/20120507/australian-beef-industry-forecasts-30-million-head.htm Mon, 07 May 2012 23:30:14 EDT <![CDATA[Global Chip Sales Rose To $23.3B In March: SIA]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335803/20120501/chips-semiconductor-apple-industrial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335803/20120501/chips-semiconductor-apple-industrial.htm Tue, 01 May 2012 16:54:46 EDT <![CDATA[Farmers, Scientists Protest USDA Approval Of Dow's 'Agent Orange Corn']]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334483/20120427/farmers-scientists-protest-2-4-d-herbicide.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334483/20120427/farmers-scientists-protest-2-4-d-herbicide.htm Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:35:50 EDT <![CDATA[Rio Tinto Completes Joint Venture for Simandou Iron Ore in Guinea]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333412/20120426/rio-tinto-chalco-simandou-australia-london-new.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333412/20120426/rio-tinto-chalco-simandou-australia-london-new.htm Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:05:07 EDT <![CDATA[India's Richest Man Makes $12 Billion Bet On Expanding Indian Economy]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/331996/20120423/india-economy-reliance-expansion.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/331996/20120423/india-economy-reliance-expansion.htm Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:57:16 EDT <![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy CEO Received $1.1B in Unreported Loans: Reuters]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329922/20120418/chesapeake-energy-ceo-loan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329922/20120418/chesapeake-energy-ceo-loan.htm Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:05:12 EDT <![CDATA[Berkshire Hathaway Shares Shrug Off Buffett News]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329871/20120418/ibm-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-procter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329871/20120418/ibm-buffett-berkshire-hathaway-procter.htm Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:54:48 EDT <![CDATA[Corus Steel Plant: At Last, Something to Cheer About in the North-East]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328673/20120416/corus-steel-plant-last-something-cheer-north.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328673/20120416/corus-steel-plant-last-something-cheer-north.htm Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:09:30 EDT <![CDATA[IBM Sets ‘PureSystems’ Model For Cloud Services]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/326756/20120411/ibm-open-systems-cloud.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/326756/20120411/ibm-open-systems-cloud.htm Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:51:00 EDT <![CDATA[Alcoa's 1Q Profit Falls 69% But Beats Estimates; Shares Rise]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/326265/20120410/alcoa-aluminum-first-quarter-income-profit.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/326265/20120410/alcoa-aluminum-first-quarter-income-profit.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:38:51 EDT <![CDATA[Mining Ban and Logistical Bottlenecks Hit Iron Ore Production at Vedanta Resources]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325863/20120410/vedanta-resources-bhagyam-lse-london-stock-exchange.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325863/20120410/vedanta-resources-bhagyam-lse-london-stock-exchange.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:26:04 EDT <![CDATA[IBTimes 1000: Clean Tech German Sector Booming At Home and Abroad]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325511/20120409/clean-tech-manufacturing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325511/20120409/clean-tech-manufacturing.htm Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:41:12 EDT <![CDATA[Alcoa Cuts Alumina Capacity; 1Q Report Due Tuesday]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324942/20120406/alcoa-inc-aa-cut-alumina-production-capacity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324942/20120406/alcoa-inc-aa-cut-alumina-production-capacity.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:57:16 EDT <![CDATA[IBM Strikes $1B Deal With Brazil Mogul Batista]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324510/20120405/ibm-ebx-brics-mining-rio-computing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324510/20120405/ibm-ebx-brics-mining-rio-computing.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:48:28 EDT <![CDATA[Indonesia Mulls Steep Tax On Mineral Exports]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323368/20120403/indonesia-mining-tax.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323368/20120403/indonesia-mining-tax.htm Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:58:53 EDT <![CDATA[Big Brazilian Companies Eye Major Portuguese Cement Maker]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322924/20120402/cimpor-brazil-construction.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322924/20120402/cimpor-brazil-construction.htm Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:55:54 EDT <![CDATA[US Silver's 2011 Results Boosted By Rising Prices]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322112/20120330/u-s-silver-2011-results.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322112/20120330/u-s-silver-2011-results.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:19:19 EDT <![CDATA[Petropavlovsk Revenues Jump Two-Fold and Profits Rise Ten Times]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320536/20120328/petropavlovsk-plc-ftse100-uk-stocks-earnings-lse.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320536/20120328/petropavlovsk-plc-ftse100-uk-stocks-earnings-lse.htm Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:07:12 EDT <![CDATA[Sumitomo Metal Mining Finds New Gold Deposit in Alaska]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320075/20120327/sumitomo-metal-mining-gold-deposit-alaska-east.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320075/20120327/sumitomo-metal-mining-gold-deposit-alaska-east.htm Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:58:35 EDT <![CDATA[Petropavlovsk to Report Record Growth Phase as Production Levels Soar]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320047/20120327/petropavlovsk-plc-ftse100-lse-earnings-outlook-uk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320047/20120327/petropavlovsk-plc-ftse100-lse-earnings-outlook-uk.htm Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:24:25 EDT <![CDATA[Kazakhmys' Shares Top FTSE as Group Lifts Dividend After Solid Full-Year Earnings]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/319859/20120327/kazakhmys-plc-uk-earnings-lse-london-stock.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/319859/20120327/kazakhmys-plc-uk-earnings-lse-london-stock.htm Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:43:38 EDT <![CDATA[Gold Miners Say Mali Coup Not an Issue For Them]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/318142/20120322/mali-coup-gold-mine.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/318142/20120322/mali-coup-gold-mine.htm Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:36:49 EDT <![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 03/19/2012]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/315853/20120318/australia-dollar-yen-usd-aud-commodities-china.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/315853/20120318/australia-dollar-yen-usd-aud-commodities-china.htm Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:01:54 EDT <![CDATA[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Cut Gold Output Estimate on Grasberg Strike]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/314852/20120315/freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-labor-work-stoppage.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/314852/20120315/freeport-mcmoran-copper-gold-labor-work-stoppage.htm Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:24:08 EDT <![CDATA[Coal’s Share of U.S. Electricity Generation Falls to 35-Year Low]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313458/20120313/coal-share-power-generation-natural-gas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313458/20120313/coal-share-power-generation-natural-gas.htm Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:06:01 EDT <![CDATA[NY Lawmakers Propose Studying Health Impact Of Fracking]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313434/20120313/fracking-permits-health-study-new-york-assembly.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313434/20120313/fracking-permits-health-study-new-york-assembly.htm Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:23:52 EDT <![CDATA[Gold Mining Execs Buzzing About Miner Stock Valuations: Report]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313408/20120313/gold-mining-stock-price-ounce.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/313408/20120313/gold-mining-stock-price-ounce.htm Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:46:43 EDT <![CDATA[Presidential Progress Report: U.S. To Meet President's Energy Goals, White House Says]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312983/20120312/obama-energy-crude-oil-exports-imports.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312983/20120312/obama-energy-crude-oil-exports-imports.htm Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:57:19 EDT <![CDATA[Silver Standard Resources Profit Off 99%, But Beats Street]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312945/20120312/silver-standard-resources-mine-argentina-earnings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312945/20120312/silver-standard-resources-mine-argentina-earnings.htm Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:22:41 EDT <![CDATA[Feds Promise Action On Wall Street Speculation Blamed For High Gasoline Prices]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312916/20120312/wall-street-speculation-price-gasoline-economy-senator.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312916/20120312/wall-street-speculation-price-gasoline-economy-senator.htm Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:07:02 EDT <![CDATA[Key EPA Fracking Study Update Delayed Again]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312104/20120309/encana-wyoming-epa-fracking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312104/20120309/encana-wyoming-epa-fracking.htm Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:34:39 EST <![CDATA[IBT1000: Nakilat Shippers of the World's Natural Gas]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312098/20120309/qatar-iran-hormuz-shipping-natural-gas-tankers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/312098/20120309/qatar-iran-hormuz-shipping-natural-gas-tankers.htm Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:11:31 EST <![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon: Judge Changes Management of BP Claims Fund]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311543/20120308/bp-fund-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-judge.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311543/20120308/bp-fund-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-judge.htm Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:03:32 EST <![CDATA[Senate Blocks GOP Bid To Force Keystone XL Pipeline]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311533/20120308/oil-pipeline-keystone-senate-democrats-republicans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311533/20120308/oil-pipeline-keystone-senate-democrats-republicans.htm Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:52:38 EST <![CDATA[Xstrata Paying $500M For Canadian Coking Coal Deposit]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311234/20120308/xstrata-seals-500-mil-deal-talisman-sukunka.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311234/20120308/xstrata-seals-500-mil-deal-talisman-sukunka.htm Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:41:21 EST <![CDATA[World Sugar Prices Fall as Peru Divests from Nation's Mills]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310568/20120307/sugar-prices-peru-mill-sale.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310568/20120307/sugar-prices-peru-mill-sale.htm Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:23:32 EST <![CDATA[BP Stock Hits Highest Level in Year on Gulf Coast Settlement]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/309152/20120305/bp-settlement-stock-increase-wall-street-london.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/309152/20120305/bp-settlement-stock-increase-wall-street-london.htm Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:29:19 EST <![CDATA[Glencore Revenues Soar by 28%]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308921/20120305/glencore-final-results-group-preliminary-earnings-outlook.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308921/20120305/glencore-final-results-group-preliminary-earnings-outlook.htm Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:57:16 EST <![CDATA[Ford Focus Electric Becomes America’s Most Fuel-Efficient Five-Passenger Car]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308689/20120304/ford-focus-electric-105-mpg-epa-fuel.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/308689/20120304/ford-focus-electric-105-mpg-epa-fuel.htm Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:24:25 EST <![CDATA[Glencore Bets on Greater Urbanisation in China and India]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307957/20120302/glencore-international-bmo-capital-markets-alphavalue-charles.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307957/20120302/glencore-international-bmo-capital-markets-alphavalue-charles.htm Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:31:41 EST <![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 03/02/2012]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307715/20120301/dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china-gold.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307715/20120301/dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china-gold.htm Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:46:21 EST <![CDATA[Chevron and Russia Discuss Arctic Exploration]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307588/20120301/russia-chevron-vladimir-putin-arctic.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307588/20120301/russia-chevron-vladimir-putin-arctic.htm Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:33:48 EST <![CDATA[U.S. Ready to Take BP, Others to Trial for Deepwater Horizon Spill]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306922/20120229/bp-oil-spill-trial-deepwater-horizon-new.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306922/20120229/bp-oil-spill-trial-deepwater-horizon-new.htm Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:23:53 EST <![CDATA[After Court Rules, Local Fracking Bans Could Increase in New York]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306080/20120228/hydraulic-fracturing-towns-ban-moratorium-new-york.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306080/20120228/hydraulic-fracturing-towns-ban-moratorium-new-york.htm Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:33:32 EST <![CDATA[Chevron Boosted in Bid To Get $18 Bln Ecuador Judgment Reversed]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306067/20120228/chevron-amazon-ecuador-18-billion-court.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306067/20120228/chevron-amazon-ecuador-18-billion-court.htm Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:12:06 EST <![CDATA[API to Host Fracking Workshop in Albany]]> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/305501/20120227/albany-hydraulic-fracturing-workshop-api.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/305501/20120227/albany-hydraulic-fracturing-workshop-api.htm Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:13:34 EST