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The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa and a Tale of Intrigue In a lawsuit that could be the stuff of a riveting global business novel, a Bahrain-based company accuses Alcoa of bribing officials and inflating prices of alumina.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Where It Wants to Be Alcoa's earnings release is perhaps a little more complicated than first appearances would indicate.  |
The Motley Fool August 28, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Rio Tinto Comes Out Roaring Rio Tinto rode commodities prices and more aluminum to lights-out earnings.  |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2008 David Lee Smith |
The Next Big Metals Merger? Largely because of the BHP-Rio Tinto non-merger, aluminum producers Alcoa and Aluminum Corp. of China -- Chinalco to its friends -- could ultimately be headed towards a merger themselves.  |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Analysts to Alcoa: Oooh! Shiny! After meeting estimates, Alcoa looks to get a little love from Wall Street.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Is Alcoa Wearing Blush? Investors, though its quarter was weaker than reported, Alcoa merits attention.  |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Off to the Earnings Races The aluminum producer kicked off earnings season, but its news wasn't pretty.  |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Rising Costs Squeeze Alcoa While the company did manage to surpass the estimates management gave when it warned about earnings last month, the results were still well shy of the initial Wall Street expectation. Given the circumstances, there's no compelling reason to own Alcoa right now.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Mettle Tested It was the sort of day for Alcoa that can lead to hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing. But it just may have led to valuation creation for investors attracted to resource names.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Leads Off With a Strikeout Alcoa has undertaken a variety of steps to shore up its operations and shave its costs, but it was still a brutal quarter.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa and the Saudis Combine Forces Alcoa and Saudi Arabian Mining Co. -- also known as Maaden -- will join up to invest approximately $10.8 billion in a giant aluminum-production facility.  |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Duprey |
The Shine on Alcoa's Future With a record 2006 as a tailwind, the aluminum producer is set to confront industry challenges. Investors, look for Alcoa to continue to perform well this year.  |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 W.D. Crotty |
Sticking With Alcoa Though far from weak, the first-quarter earnings announced yesterday by Dow 30 component and aluminum heavyweight Alcoa nonetheless missed the consensus analyst estimates. Are the "light" earnings a concern?  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Alcoa: Here We Go Again Another quarter has rolled by, and nothing much has changed for the giant American aluminum producer. 2005 wasn't exactly a banner year for Alcoa; the stock rallied hard at year-end to finish basically flat for the year.  |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Breaks Its Slump Aluminum producer Alcoa found all manner and means to beat the pants off its immediately prior quarter.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Picture is Brighter Than You Think Despite initiating earnings season with a miss, there are reasons to take a shine to Alcoa.  |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Is Alcoa an Opportunity You're Missing? With aluminum prices down and production costs up, does Alcoa make sense here?  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Is Aluminum the World's Worst Business? Alcoa unveils a new cost-cutting package.  |
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Alcoa Won't Be Foiled Despite high input costs, Alcoa is still benefiting from the upturn in aluminum. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: The Luster in Alcoa The aluminum producer is set to report its first-quarter financial results tomorrow. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.  |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2008 Christopher Barker |
If You Missed the Global Steel Boom ... A review of the world's aluminum market.  |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2009 David Lee Smith |
China's Thing for Rio Tinto While nothing's formal yet, Rio Tinto may have a cash truck headed its way in the form of a $19.5 billion investment from Chinalco.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Is Rio Tinto Playing the Rabbit? Beyond improvement in its biannual results, a more intriguing Rio Tinto story develops.  |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Sean Williams |
2012 Preview: Alcoa 2011's results may be in the past, but unfortunately Alcoa has much of the same to look forward to in 2012.  |
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Has the Hunter Become the Hunted? With Alcan and giant Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto combining, maybe Alcoa and giant BHP Billiton could similarly become betrothed. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 David Lee Smith |
Aluminum Demand Makes for an Alcoa Opportunity Despite Alcoa's slight miss, you shouldn't ignore its solid performance.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Will the Chinese Rope in Rio Tinto? Steelmaker Rio Tinto may end up under Eastern ownership.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Are the Chinese Metaling? With their position in Rio Tinto, the Chinese may now be eyeing BHP Billiton.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Hammered Into Tinfoil For the first of the blue chips to report, it wasn't a pretty quarter.  |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2010 Rich Smith |
Earnings Watch: Alcoa Shows the Way Here's what you want to look for in this week's report.  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2011 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Buries Last Year's Loss Following last year's use of red ink, Alcoa posts strength across the board.  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Has BHP Billiton Cut Bait for Good? Following a protracted effort, BHP Billiton has ended its pursuit of Rio Tinto.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Aluminum Ax Falls As aluminum prices plummet, Alcoa retrenches.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Investors Crumple Alcoa Shares fall at America's largest aluminum producer on a minor top-line miss and worries about a slowdown.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Will Frankenhoff |
Chinalco's Smart Move This may be the time to make a move on Aluminum Corporation of China, after the company takes a stake in Rio Tinto.  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Ready to Regain Its Muscle Alcoa's worldwide activities deserve investors' attention.  |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Alcoa Foiled? The aluminum producer gets a dose of scrutiny.  |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Is China Playing Mine Games? After tying into a stake in metals and mining giant Rio Tinto, Chinese interests might now be focusing on BHP Billiton.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Her Name Is Rio and She Dances With Alcan Alcoa's offer for Canadian rival Alcan is trumped by white knight Rio Tinto. Savvy investors should monitor the mining industry closely. Perhaps the biggest deals in the metals race are yet to surface.  |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
Has Alcoa Reached Its Peak? While the price of aluminum soars, earnings reports for Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, are coming up short.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 Christopher Barker |
Chinalco Is Growing Up and Moving Out China's aluminum giant is ready to see the world.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Big Mining Doesn't Stand Still It now appears that there might be another potential player beginning to circle Rio Tinto. Rumor has it that ArcelorMittal has its eye on it.  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Alcoa Burnishes Reputation First-quarter results at the aluminum producer underscore the reason for the stock's price premium.  |
The Motley Fool February 7, 2008 David Lee Smith |
BHP Billiton Eyes Its Prey Along with releasing solid results, BHP Billiton also ups the ante for rival Rio Tinto.  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: A Polished Alcoa With the aluminum company trading at a 20% discount to its historical price-to-sales ratio for the past 10 years, and at some of its lowest levels in the past five, Alcoa could be poised for yet another sterling run.  |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Alcan Stiff-Arms Alcoa Could other potential suitors be entering the picture? Investors need to study the primary players closely.  |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Still a Lot to Like About Alcoa While Alcoa's results were mixed, the company warrants close attention.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Big Miners Get Support for Joint Venture Rio Tinto completes a wild and wacky week.  |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Minds on the Mines: Aluminum Can aluminum companies finally reap some rewards from higher aluminum prices? Perhaps, but investors: beware.  |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
Turnaround for Alcoa? With its debt in check, Alcoa might be poised to put up really good numbers. Wall Street discounted the stock 2%.  |