Rio Tinto profit slumps 41% to $12.42 billion, cuts shareholder payouts after iron and copper prices fell

Rio Tinto PLC reported a 41% fall in net profit for 2022 and cut its payout to shareholders, reflecting a downswing in iron ore and copper prices. The world’s second-biggest miner RIO, -1.16% RIO, +1....

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Falls After Earnings Beat Estimates. Here’s Why.

Steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs had a tough finish to the year as prices for its products fell. Still, quarterly results came in better than expected, but investors Tuesday weren’t giving the company muc...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Plunges as Earnings Miss Estimates

Text size Cleveland-Cliffs stock has fallen a bit more than the broader market so far this year. Dreamstime Cleveland-Cliffs reported lower earnings than expected, news that sent the stock sharply low...

Freeport-McMoRan and Rio Tinto Stock Could Be Golden

Text size Freeport-McMoRan and Rio Tinto are top picks of Jefferies analyst Chris LeFemina. Above, copper rods used to machine parts. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Freeport-McMoRan and Rio Tinto m...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Has Gotten Crushed. Why It May Be Worth a Look.

Text size Steel prices had a roller coaster year; they went up in March and down in May. Tom Mihalek/Getty Images Recession panic has slammed Cleveland-Cliffs stock. But long-term demand for steel, pa...

Cleveland-Cliffs Crushes Earnings Estimates. Contract Steel Pricing Does It.

Rising prices helped steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs report much better-than-expected first-quarter sales and earnings. Prices for Cliffs steel rose even as spot prices for steel dropped in the first qua...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Will Benefit From Russia’s Ukraine War. Here’s Why.

Text size Cleveland-Cliffs could benefit from a shortage of steel. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Cleveland-Cliffs stock is JPMorgan’s top pick in the steel sector, the investment bank said Thursday, as Rus...

Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Is Dropping After Earnings

Text size Prices of hot-rolled steel coil, a benchmark for the market, have dropped to $1,135 a ton from $1,900 at the end of the third quarter. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images Cleveland-Cliffs st...