Новости за 08.05.2018

A late start to the spring season across North America and west coast rail performance issues were the main contributors to a disappointing first quarter for plant fertiliser major Nutrien, the company said on Monday. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based company reported adjusted net earnings of $105-million, or $0.16 a share, which came in far below average analyst predictions calling for earnings that exclude special items of $0.29 a share, derived from forecasted revenues totalling $4-billion.

A 164% spike in vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) prices over the past 12 months has resulted in Canadian producer Largo Resources swinging back into the black for the first three months of 2018, the company reported on Monday. Based in Toronto, with its flagship Maracás Menchen mine and mill located in Bahia state, Brazil, Largo said on Monday that net profit for the period ended March rose to C$45.8-million, compared with a net loss of C$9.7-million in the comparable first quarter period of 2017.