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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 June 27, 2008 Christopher Barker |
If You Missed the Global Steel Boom ... A review of the world's aluminum market.  |
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 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 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 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 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 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 December 1, 2009 David Lee Smith |
BHP's Future in Iron Ore Is Looking Ironclad The biggest of the miners could add nicely to your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Stay Off This Metal Rollercoaster Rio Tinto's shares have plummeted, but the end still may not be in sight.  |
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 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 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 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 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 August 25, 2008 David Lee Smith |
BHP-Rio Tinto Merger Rattled The proposed takeover of London-based mineral miner Rio Tinto by its larger Australian rival BHP Billiton has taken a couple of direct hits in the past few days, leaving the megamerger's future in dire doubt.  |
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 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 November 9, 2007 David Lee Smith |
The Mother of all Mergers, Part 2? Long in the rumor mill, a big BHP Billiton - Rio Tinto merger is finally looking like a real possibility.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Inching Toward That Massive Mining Marriage BHP appears to be slowly approaching its courtship with Rio Tinto.  |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Rio Tinto's Restructuring Bounce The market clearly liked Rio Tinto's midweek announcement; but should you?  |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
A Solid Quarter From Big Al Alcan and other aluminum companies seem to have finally joined the commodity party. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Rio Tinto's Rough Ride Rio Tinto's earnings fall by 65% on a year-over-year commodities dip.  |
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 David Lee Smith |
A Rumble at Rio Tinto In just a few months, London-based mining and minerals giant Rio Tinto has gone from the penthouse to the outhouse.  |
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 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 March 17, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Is Aluminum the World's Worst Business? Alcoa unveils a new cost-cutting package.  |
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 October 10, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Leads Off With a Walk While Alcoa didn't hit a home run this quarter, neither did it strike out. Revenue slipped slightly, but the company hiked its buyback program.  |
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 19, 2008 David Lee Smith |
BHP Doesn't Let Up Do BHP Billiton's strong results increase its ability to land Rio Tinto?  |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Revs Up Earnings Season Although it didn't really shoot the lights out, there's plenty of room for optimism at Alcoa.  |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Satisfying the World's Bottomless Pit The quest for Rio Tinto becomes more and more intriguing by the day, and illustrates the world's voracious appetite for their resources.  |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Rio Tinto Spurns Chinalco for BHP After a failed first effort, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto team up.  |
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 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 12, 2010 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Squibs the Earnings Kickoff While Alcoa missed street estimates, it still bears your careful watching.  |
The Motley Fool December 24, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa Reaching Fighting Trim Having lost out on its quest to purchase Alcan, Alcoa is trimming the fat and may be readying for action.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 David Lee Smith |
The Feds Circle Alcoa Bribery charges against Alcoa have roused a team of federal investigators.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Alcoa's Aluminum Ax Falls As aluminum prices plummet, Alcoa retrenches.  |
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 October 20, 2009 David Lee Smith |
Don't Miss the Return of Big Mining The big mining stocks spent the tail end of last week prominently displayed in the news.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2008 Todd Wenning |
Mining's Massive Margins Will commodity prices and merger activity continue to drive growth in the mining sector?  |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Christopher Barker |
Avoid Getting Crushed Like a Can Kaiser Aluminum does an abrupt about-face from a $24.8 million gain a year earlier to a $22.1 million loss for the third quarter of 2008.  |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Big Changes May Be Afoot for Vale Rio de Janeiro's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce admits that it's again holding discussions about higher ore prices with clients in Asia.  |
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 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 November 5, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Brussels Sprouts Mining Deal Objections Following a pair of approvals, Europe is fussing about a BHP and Rio Tinto deal.  |
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.  |