Xstrata profit surges on metal prices, acquisitions
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Miner Xstrata Plc  beat forecasts by more than doubling its 2006 adjusted profit and said strong demand from China and India, coupled with tight supplies, would keep metal prices high, boosting its shares.
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VANCOUVER - Soaring metals prices powered Teck-Cominco to a record third-quarter profit, the company said Monday. Teck said it made $120 million in the quarter (62 cents a share), almost eight times larger
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Fourth-quarter profit surged from a year-ago period that included hefty restructuring costs and liability charges related to the companyâs top-selling drug, Zyprexa.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc offered A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) on Monday for Australia's fifth-largest nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL, the latest outback miner to catch the eye of a big international firm as metal prices soar.
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Alcoa Inc., the world&#039;s largest  aluminum producer, said on Monday that second-quarter profit  soared on higher metal prices and strong aerospace demand,  although revenue fell below Wall Street expectations and the  stock fell.
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XSTRATA, the diversified miner, will have to increase its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.1 billion) bid for WMC Resources if it is to succeed, analysts have said.
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Quarterly profit soared thanks to new products, increased marketing and improvement in international business, the company said.
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Railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp  posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, as strong pricing offset lower freight volumes, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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European shares notched up a fresh  five-month high on Thursday, helped by miners as base metal  prices shot to multi-year peaks and by German utility giant  E.ON  on news of an asset sale in Norway.
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First-half earnings at Xstrata Plc   rose 42 percent on higher commodity prices, a stronger  dollar and efficiency gains, the Swiss-based company said on  Wednesday.
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Xerox Corp , the leading provider of digital printers and document management services, on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit, fueled by solid sales of higher-margin color systems.
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Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of power-station coal, offered A$7.4 billion ($5.5 billion) for WMC Resources Ltd. to gain nickel and copper mines.
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The company said profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent on strong sales to mining, energy and construction customers outside the United States.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Swiss-based Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) Thursday put WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) in play, offering A$7.4 billion for the Australian miner that represents the start of a long bidding war.
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SHARES in WMC Resources surged 36 per cent yesterday after it revealed it had become a takeover target for Swiss mining giant Xstrata.
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Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining said profit surged in the fourth quarter as the price of bullion jumped.
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PARIS, Nov 15  - European steelmaker Arcelor said Monday that net profit in the third quarter surged by more than sixfold and forecast a strong fourth quarter amid &#39;healthy&#39; growth in the global steel market, driven by Chinese demand.