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CLEVELAND (AP) _ Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (CLF) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $60.2 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Cleveland-based company said it had profit of 39 cents. Losses, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, were 21 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 11 cents per share.
The mining company posted revenue of $498.1 million in the period, also missing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $610.5 million.
The company's shares closed at $2.97. A year ago, they were trading at $16.59.
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Keywords: Cliffs Natural Resources, Earnings Report
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CLIFFS Natural Resources
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CODE : CLF |
ISIN : US18683K1016 |
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ProfileMarket IndicatorsVALUE : Projects & res.Press releasesAnnual reportRISK : Asset profileContact Cpy |
CLIFFS Natural Res is a iron producing company based in United states of america. CLIFFS Natural Res produces iron, coal in Australia, in Brazil and in Canada, and holds various exploration projects in Canada. Its main assets in production are WABUSH MINE, EMPIRE AND TILDEN MINES, HIBBING TACONITE, NORTHSHORE MINE, UNITED TACONITE, OAK GROVE MINE, GREEN RIDGE MINE and PINNACLE MINE in Canada, AUSTRALIAN IRON ORE and SONOMA in Australia and AMAPA in Brazil and its main exploration properties are MT JACKSON J1 in Australia and DIAGNOS, WAWA, FREEWEST, MC FAULD'S LAKE, MACFADYEN, WAWA CLAIMS and BIG DADDY in Canada. CLIFFS Natural Res is listed in France, in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is US$ 3.8 billions as of today (€ 3.5 billions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on May 16, 2008 at US$ 99.17, and its lowest recent point on January 15, 2016 at US$ 1.20. CLIFFS Natural Res has 297 400 968 shares outstanding. |